How To Install python3-xrt on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-xrt on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-xrt is XRay Tracer and wave propagation (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is `python3-xrt`

python3-xrt is:

XRayTracer is a python software library for ray tracing and wave propagation in x-ray regime. It is primarily meant for modeling synchrotron sources, beamlines and beamline elements. Includes a GUI for creating a beamline and interactively viewing it in 3D.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-xrt

Install python3-xrt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-xrt

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-xrt

How To Uninstall python3-xrt on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-xrt

Uninstall python3-xrt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-xrt

Remove python3-xrt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-xrt

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

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

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

Dependencies

python3-xrt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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