How To Install atlc on Debian 12

Learn how to install atlc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. atlc is Arbitrary Transmission Line Calculator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install atlc on Debian 12.

What is atlc

atlc is:

atlc is a computer aided design (CAD) package for the design and analysis of electrical transmission lines and directional couplers of totally arbitrary cross section and an arbitrary number of different dielectrics.

By analysis, it is assumed one requires finding the electrical properties of a transmission line or coupler, where the physical dimensions of the device are known. By design, it is assumed one requires a transmission line or coupler to have certain electrical properties and one wishes to find how to physically realise such a structure

atlc likely to be of use to radio amateurs, professional RF engineers, students and academics.

More information on atlc is available at http://atlc.sourceforge.net/

There are three methods to install atlc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install atlc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install atlc

Install atlc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install atlc

Install atlc 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 atlc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install atlc

How To Uninstall atlc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove atlc

Uninstall atlc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall atlc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove atlc

Remove atlc Configurations and Data

To remove atlc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge atlc

Remove atlc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge atlc

Dependencies

atlc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install atlc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.