How To Install libstellarsolver-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libstellarsolver-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libstellarsolver-dev is development files for the Stellar Solver library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstellarsolver-dev on Debian 12.

What is libstellarsolver-dev

libstellarsolver-dev is:

An Astrometric Plate Solver, built on Astrometry.net and SEP (sextractor).

This package contains the Stellar Solver development files.

There are three methods to install libstellarsolver-dev 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 libstellarsolver-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libstellarsolver-dev

Install libstellarsolver-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libstellarsolver-dev

Install libstellarsolver-dev 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 libstellarsolver-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libstellarsolver-dev

How To Uninstall libstellarsolver-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libstellarsolver-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libstellarsolver-dev

Uninstall libstellarsolver-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstellarsolver-dev

Remove libstellarsolver-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libstellarsolver-dev

Remove libstellarsolver-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstellarsolver-dev

Dependencies

libstellarsolver-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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