How To Install kstars-data on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kstars-data on Debian 11.
What is kstars-data
kstars-data is:
This package contains architecture-independent data files for KStars, the graphical desktop planetarium for KDE, including star catalogues and astronomical images.
There are three methods to install kstars-data 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 kstars-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kstars-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kstars-data
Install kstars-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kstars-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kstars-data
Install kstars-data 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 kstars-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kstars-data
How To Uninstall kstars-data on Debian 11
To uninstall only the kstars-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kstars-data
Uninstall kstars-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kstars-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kstars-data
Remove kstars-data Configurations and Data
To remove kstars-data configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kstars-data
Remove kstars-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kstars-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kstars-data
Dependencies
kstars-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kstars-data package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
