How To Install gwyddion on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install gwyddion on Debian 11. gwyddion is Scanning Probe Microscopy visualization and analysis tool

Introduction

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

What is gwyddion

gwyddion is:

Gwyddion is a modular program for Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) data visualization and analysis. It is primarily intended for analysis of height field data obtained by microscopy techniques like

  • Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM),
  • Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM),
  • Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM),
  • Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy (SNOM or NSOM) and others. However, it can be used for arbitrary height field and image analysis.

This package contains the main application and its modules. It also contains a GNOME (and Xfce) thumbnailer which creates previews for all file types known to Gwyddion.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gwyddion

Install gwyddion Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gwyddion

Install gwyddion 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 gwyddion using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gwyddion

How To Uninstall gwyddion on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove gwyddion

Uninstall gwyddion And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gwyddion

Remove gwyddion Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gwyddion

Remove gwyddion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gwyddion

Dependencies

gwyddion have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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