How To Install ghkl on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghkl on Debian 11. ghkl is diffractometer computation control application

Introduction

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

What is ghkl

ghkl is:

The hkl library is a framework for diffraction computation and diffractometer control, heavily used at the SOLEIL synchrotron. It supports various types of diffractometer geometry: Eulerian 4-circle, Eulerian 6-circle, kappa 4-circle, kappa 6-circle, and z-axis geometry. For each of these it provides several numerically computed modes, such as bisector and constant psi.

This package provides a gui on top of the hkl library.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ghkl

Install ghkl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ghkl

Install ghkl 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 ghkl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ghkl

How To Uninstall ghkl on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove ghkl

Uninstall ghkl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ghkl

Remove ghkl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ghkl

Remove ghkl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ghkl

Dependencies

ghkl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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