How To Install python3-astra-toolbox on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-astra-toolbox on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-astra-toolbox is toolbox of high-performance GPU primitives for 2D and 3D tomography (Python3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-astra-toolbox on Debian 12.

What is python3-astra-toolbox

python3-astra-toolbox is:

It supports 2D parallel and fan beam geometries, and 3D parallel and cone beam. All of them have highly flexible source/detector positioning.

A large number of 2D and 3D algorithms are available, including FBP, SIRT, SART, CGLS.

The basic forward and backward projection operations are GPU-accelerated, and directly callable from Octave and Python to enable building new algorithms.

This is the Python3 library.

There are three methods to install python3-astra-toolbox 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 python3-astra-toolbox Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-astra-toolbox using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-astra-toolbox

Install python3-astra-toolbox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-astra-toolbox using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-astra-toolbox

Install python3-astra-toolbox 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 python3-astra-toolbox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-astra-toolbox

How To Uninstall python3-astra-toolbox on Debian 12

To uninstall only the python3-astra-toolbox package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-astra-toolbox

Uninstall python3-astra-toolbox And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-astra-toolbox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-astra-toolbox

Remove python3-astra-toolbox Configurations and Data

To remove python3-astra-toolbox configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-astra-toolbox

Remove python3-astra-toolbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-astra-toolbox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-astra-toolbox

Dependencies

python3-astra-toolbox have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-astra-toolbox package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.