How To Install mseed2sac on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install mseed2sac on Debian 11. mseed2sac is Convert MiniSEED time series data to SAC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mseed2sac on Debian 11.

What is mseed2sac

mseed2sac is:

SAC and MiniSEED are two commonly used formats for seismological data.

mseed2sac converts MiniSEED waveform data to SAC format. The output SAC file can be either ASCII or binary (either byte-order), the default is binary with the same byte-order as the host computer. By default all aspects of the input files are automatically detected.

There are three methods to install mseed2sac 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 mseed2sac Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mseed2sac using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mseed2sac

Install mseed2sac Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mseed2sac using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mseed2sac

Install mseed2sac 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 mseed2sac using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mseed2sac

How To Uninstall mseed2sac on Debian 11

To uninstall only the mseed2sac package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mseed2sac

Uninstall mseed2sac And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mseed2sac and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mseed2sac

Remove mseed2sac Configurations and Data

To remove mseed2sac configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mseed2sac

Remove mseed2sac configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mseed2sac configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mseed2sac

Dependencies

mseed2sac have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mseed2sac package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.