How To Install indi-gphoto on Debian 12

Learn how to install indi-gphoto on Debian 12 with this tutorial. indi-gphoto is INDI driver for GPhoto (DSLR) Cameras

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install indi-gphoto on Debian 12.

What is indi-gphoto

indi-gphoto is:

This package contains an INDI driver for GPhoto (DSLR) Cameras. The driver can operate any camera supported by GPhoto2.

This driver is compatible with any INDI client such as KStars or Xephem.

There are three methods to install indi-gphoto 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 indi-gphoto Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install indi-gphoto

Install indi-gphoto Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install indi-gphoto

Install indi-gphoto 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 indi-gphoto using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install indi-gphoto

How To Uninstall indi-gphoto on Debian 12

To uninstall only the indi-gphoto package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove indi-gphoto

Uninstall indi-gphoto And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove indi-gphoto

Remove indi-gphoto Configurations and Data

To remove indi-gphoto configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge indi-gphoto

Remove indi-gphoto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indi-gphoto

Dependencies

indi-gphoto have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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