How To Install python3-specutils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-specutils on Debian 9.
What is python3-specutils
python3-specutils is:
The specutils package implements base classes and utilities for interacting with astronomical spectra in Python and the Astropy project. It is intended for eventual merger with the astropy package, but for now is being developed independently.
This package contains the Python 3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-specutils 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-specutils 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-specutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-specutils
Install python3-specutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-specutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-specutils
Install python3-specutils 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-specutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-specutils
How To Uninstall python3-specutils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python3-specutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-specutils
Uninstall python3-specutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-specutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-specutils
Remove python3-specutils Configurations and Data
To remove python3-specutils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-specutils
Remove python3-specutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-specutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-specutils
Dependencies
python3-specutils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-specutils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.