How To Install previsat on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install previsat on Debian 9.
What is previsat
previsat is:
Previsat is very easy to use, it shows positions of artificial satellites in real-time or manual mode. PreviSat is able to make predictions of their passes and also predictions of Iridium flares.
There are three methods to install previsat 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 previsat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install previsat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install previsat
Install previsat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install previsat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install previsat
Install previsat 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 previsat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install previsat
How To Uninstall previsat on Debian 9
To uninstall only the previsat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove previsat
Uninstall previsat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall previsat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove previsat
Remove previsat Configurations and Data
To remove previsat configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge previsat
Remove previsat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove previsat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge previsat
Dependencies
previsat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install previsat package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.