How To Install astromatic on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install astromatic on Debian 11. astromatic is Astronomical pipeline software collection

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install astromatic on Debian 11.

What is astromatic

astromatic is:

AstrOmatic software is meant to be run in batch mode on large quantities of data, mostly on Unix platforms, with minimum human intervention. It is currently in use in various image survey pipelines including TERAPIX, the Dark-Energy Survey Data Management system, and Astro-WISE.

This metapackage will install all software from AstrOmatic.net that is packaged for Debian.

There are three methods to install astromatic on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install astromatic Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install astromatic using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install astromatic

Install astromatic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install astromatic using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install astromatic

Install astromatic Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install astromatic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install astromatic

How To Uninstall astromatic on Debian 11

To uninstall only the astromatic package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove astromatic

Uninstall astromatic And Its Dependencies

To uninstall astromatic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove astromatic

Remove astromatic Configurations and Data

To remove astromatic configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge astromatic

Remove astromatic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove astromatic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge astromatic

Dependencies

astromatic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install astromatic package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.