How To Install nautic on Debian 12

Learn how to install nautic on Debian 12 with this tutorial. nautic is computation of observer position in astro-navigation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nautic on Debian 12.

What is nautic

nautic is:

Nautical ephemeris are included until 2030 with no relevant error for all navigational bodies, 56 stars, Sun, Moon and 4 major planets. The local meridian time can be computed directly from time UT: sextant altitude correction is computed automatically after inserting the value of height of eye with the correction tables of the Admiralty Nautical Almanac.

A plotting sheet reports the calculated position and bodies’ position lines. An info window indicates the body’s most important celestial parameters.

There are three methods to install nautic 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 nautic Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nautic

Install nautic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nautic using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nautic

Install nautic 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 nautic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nautic

How To Uninstall nautic on Debian 12

To uninstall only the nautic package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nautic

Uninstall nautic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautic

Remove nautic Configurations and Data

To remove nautic configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nautic

Remove nautic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautic

Dependencies

nautic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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