How To Install starlink-dpac-java on Debian 10

Learn how to install starlink-dpac-java on Debian 10 with this tutorial. starlink-dpac-java is Java classes to process GAIA data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install starlink-dpac-java on Debian 10.

starlink-dpac-java is:

This package contains classes to process and display GAIA data with STIL, STILTS, and TOPCAT. GAIA is an ESA satellite with the mission to measure positions and distances of about 1 billion astronomical objects.

There are three methods to install starlink-dpac-java 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.

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install starlink-dpac-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install starlink-dpac-java

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install starlink-dpac-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install starlink-dpac-java

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 starlink-dpac-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install starlink-dpac-java

To uninstall only the starlink-dpac-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove starlink-dpac-java

To uninstall starlink-dpac-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove starlink-dpac-java

To remove starlink-dpac-java configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge starlink-dpac-java

We can use the following command to remove starlink-dpac-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge starlink-dpac-java

Dependencies

starlink-dpac-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install starlink-dpac-java package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.