How To Install python3-astropy on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-astropy
on Debian 9.
What is python3-astropy
python3-astropy is:
The astropy package contains core functionality and some common tools needed for performing astronomy and astrophysics research with Python3. It can be extended by a number of “affiliated packages” that are intended to work with the core package.
There are three methods to install python3-astropy
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 python3-astropy 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-astropy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-astropy
Install python3-astropy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-astropy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-astropy
Install python3-astropy 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-astropy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-astropy
How To Uninstall python3-astropy on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-astropy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-astropy
Uninstall python3-astropy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-astropy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-astropy
Remove python3-astropy Configurations and Data
To remove python3-astropy
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-astropy
Remove python3-astropy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-astropy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-astropy
Dependencies
python3-astropy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-astropy
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.