How To Install astro-java on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-java
on Debian 9.
What is astro-java
astro-java is:
This metapackage will install packages that are useful to develop Java applications for astronomy. Apart from FITS file handling, this is mainly used for VO applications.
There are three methods to install astro-java
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install astro-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install astro-java
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install astro-java
Install astro-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install astro-java
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install astro-java
Install astro-java 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 astro-java
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install astro-java
How To Uninstall astro-java on Debian 9
To uninstall only the astro-java
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove astro-java
Uninstall astro-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall astro-java
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove astro-java
Remove astro-java Configurations and Data
To remove astro-java
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge astro-java
Remove astro-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove astro-java
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge astro-java
Dependencies
astro-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-java
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.