How To Install libhkl5 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhkl5 on Debian 9.
What is libhkl5
libhkl5 is:
The hkl library is a framework for diffraction computation and diffractometer control, heavily used at the SOLEIL synchrotron. It supports various types of diffractometer geometry: Eulerian 4-circle, Eulerian 6-circle, kappa 4-circle, kappa 6-circle, and z-axis geometry. For each of these it provides several numerically computed modes, such as bisector and constant psi.
This package provides the runtime hkl library.
There are three methods to install libhkl5 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 libhkl5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libhkl5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhkl5
Install libhkl5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhkl5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhkl5
Install libhkl5 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 libhkl5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhkl5
How To Uninstall libhkl5 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libhkl5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhkl5
Uninstall libhkl5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhkl5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhkl5
Remove libhkl5 Configurations and Data
To remove libhkl5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhkl5
Remove libhkl5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhkl5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhkl5
Dependencies
libhkl5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhkl5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.