How To Install python3-astrometry on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-astrometry on Debian 10.
What is python3-astrometry
python3-astrometry is:
The astrometry engine will take any image and return the astrometry world coordinate system (WCS), a standards-based description of the transformation between image coordinates and sky coordinates.
This package contains the Python Package.
There are three methods to install python3-astrometry 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 python3-astrometry 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-astrometry using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-astrometry
Install python3-astrometry Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-astrometry using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-astrometry
Install python3-astrometry 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-astrometry using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-astrometry
How To Uninstall python3-astrometry on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python3-astrometry package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-astrometry
Uninstall python3-astrometry And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-astrometry and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-astrometry
Remove python3-astrometry Configurations and Data
To remove python3-astrometry configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-astrometry
Remove python3-astrometry configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-astrometry configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-astrometry
Dependencies
python3-astrometry have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-astrometry package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
