How To Install pysatellites on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pysatellites on Kali Linux.

What is pysatellites

pysatellites is:

This program can be used to train people to spatial mechanics at an elementary level. You are given the power to launch a satellite, from outside the atmosphere, around a handful of predefined planets, or around any special object you may imagine. Input the initial velocity vector of the satellite, and you will get the simulated trajectory, as well as some information like the plots of variation of speed. As an extra, you can compute a movie, which represents the planet seen from the satellite’s point of view during its orbital period.

There are three methods to install pysatellites on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pysatellites Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pysatellites

Install pysatellites Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pysatellites

Install pysatellites Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install pysatellites

How To Uninstall pysatellites on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pysatellites

Uninstall pysatellites And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pysatellites and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pysatellites

Remove pysatellites Configurations and Data

To remove pysatellites configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pysatellites

Remove pysatellites configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pysatellites

Dependencies

pysatellites have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• pysatellites website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pysatellites package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.