How To Install liberfa1 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liberfa1 on Debian 12.
What is liberfa1
liberfa1 is:
ERFA is a C library containing key algorithms for astronomy, and is based on the SOFA library published by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
It is intended to replicate the functionality of SOFA (aside from possible bugfixes in ERFA that have not yet been included in SOFA), but is licensed under a three-clause BSD license to enable its compatibility with a wide range of open source licenses. Permission for this release has been obtained from the SOFA board.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install liberfa1 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 liberfa1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liberfa1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liberfa1
Install liberfa1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liberfa1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liberfa1
Install liberfa1 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 liberfa1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liberfa1
How To Uninstall liberfa1 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the liberfa1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liberfa1
Uninstall liberfa1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liberfa1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liberfa1
Remove liberfa1 Configurations and Data
To remove liberfa1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liberfa1
Remove liberfa1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liberfa1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liberfa1
Dependencies
liberfa1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liberfa1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
