How To Install python3-specreduce on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-specreduce on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-specreduce is Astropy package to reduce and calibrate astronomical spectra

Introduction

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

What is python3-specreduce

python3-specreduce is:

The specreduce package aims to provide a data reduction toolkit for optical and infrared spectroscopy, on which applications such as pipeline processes for specific instruments can be built.

The scope of its functionality is limited to basic spectroscopic reduction, with basic image processing steps (such as bias subtraction) instead covered by ccdproc and other packages, data analysis by specutils and visualization by specviz or cubeviz.

There are three methods to install python3-specreduce 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-specreduce 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-specreduce using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-specreduce

Install python3-specreduce Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-specreduce

Install python3-specreduce 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-specreduce using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-specreduce

How To Uninstall python3-specreduce on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-specreduce

Uninstall python3-specreduce And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-specreduce

Remove python3-specreduce Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-specreduce

Remove python3-specreduce configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-specreduce

Dependencies

python3-specreduce have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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