How To Install eyes17 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install eyes17 on Debian 11. eyes17 is hardware & software framework for developing science experiments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eyes17 on Debian 11.

What is eyes17

eyes17 is:

This package provides high level interfaces for making science experiments with an ExpEYES-17 box.

ExpEYES-17 is from the PHOENIX project of Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi. It is a hardware & software framework for developing science experiments, demonstrations and projects and learn science and engineering by exploration. Capable of doing real time measurements and analysing the data in different ways. When compared with previous ExpEYES boxes (Expeyes, Expeyes-Junior), ExpEYES-17 is richer in various features: multiple soft input ranges, more flexible wave generator, better time resolution, better voltage resolution, supports seamlessly cheap I2C sensors.

There are three methods to install eyes17 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 eyes17 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install eyes17 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install eyes17

Install eyes17 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install eyes17 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install eyes17

Install eyes17 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 eyes17 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eyes17

How To Uninstall eyes17 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the eyes17 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eyes17

Uninstall eyes17 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall eyes17 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eyes17

Remove eyes17 Configurations and Data

To remove eyes17 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge eyes17

Remove eyes17 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove eyes17 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eyes17

Dependencies

eyes17 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eyes17 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.