How To Install python-sardana on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sardana on Debian 10.
What is python-sardana
python-sardana is:
Sardana is a Supervision, Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for scientific installations. It is written in Python and based on the TANGO library. The hardware control and data acquisition routines can be accessed via an IPython console and a generic graphical user interface (both of which are easily extensible by the user).
There are three methods to install python-sardana on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-sardana Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sardana using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-sardana
Install python-sardana Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-sardana using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-sardana
Install python-sardana 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 python-sardana using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-sardana
How To Uninstall python-sardana on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-sardana package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-sardana
Uninstall python-sardana And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-sardana and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sardana
Remove python-sardana Configurations and Data
To remove python-sardana configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-sardana
Remove python-sardana configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-sardana configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sardana
Dependencies
python-sardana have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sardana package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.