How To Install openvlbi on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvlbi on Debian 12.
What is openvlbi
openvlbi is:
OpenVLBI is an open source correlator for astronomical interferometers. with OpenVLBI astronomers can join together more telescopes to observe celestial objects at great resolution. OpenVLBI can be used with radio antennas or optical sensors. This package includes test and multi-contextual client/server applications, the development and runtime libraries.
This is a metapackage to install all openvlbi packages.
There are three methods to install openvlbi 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 openvlbi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openvlbi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openvlbi
Install openvlbi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openvlbi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openvlbi
Install openvlbi 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 openvlbi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openvlbi
How To Uninstall openvlbi on Debian 12
To uninstall only the openvlbi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openvlbi
Uninstall openvlbi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openvlbi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openvlbi
Remove openvlbi Configurations and Data
To remove openvlbi configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openvlbi
Remove openvlbi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openvlbi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openvlbi
Dependencies
openvlbi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvlbi package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
