How To Install gyoto on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gyoto on Debian 11.
What is gyoto
gyoto is:
Gyoto is a framework for computing geodesics in curved space-times. The gyoto utility program uses this framework to compute images of astronomical objects in the vicinity of compact objects (e.g. black-holes). Such images are distorted by strong gravitational lensing. The gyoto program takes a scenery description in XML format, computes this scenery using relativistic ray-tracing, and saves the result in FITS format.
This metapackage depends on all the Gyoto interfaces (command-line, Python 3 and Yorick).
MPI parallelization requires the mpi-default-bin package. The Gyoto documentation is provided in the gyoto-doc package.
There are three methods to install gyoto 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 gyoto Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gyoto using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gyoto
Install gyoto Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gyoto using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gyoto
Install gyoto 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 gyoto using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gyoto
How To Uninstall gyoto on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gyoto package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gyoto
Uninstall gyoto And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gyoto and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gyoto
Remove gyoto Configurations and Data
To remove gyoto configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gyoto
Remove gyoto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gyoto configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gyoto
Dependencies
gyoto have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gyoto package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
