How To Install stda on Debian 12

Learn how to install stda on Debian 12 with this tutorial. stda is simple tools for data analysis (stda)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stda on Debian 12.

What is stda

stda is:

This package contains some primary tools for evaluating sums, averages, integrals, derivatives, histograms/distributions of 1-d numerical data, and eventually for plotting the results. The stand-alone programs (supporting the standard UNIX input and output pipelines) are intended for data processing from the command line. They are especially useful for straightforward analysis of number series where a complex analytical approach is not necessary.

Following programs are included:

  • maphimbu - histogram builder for 1-d numerical and text data;
  • mintegrate - evaluate average/sum/integral/derivative of 1-d numerical data;
  • mmval - find minimum and maximum value in a dataset;
  • muplot - plot a multi-curve figure from multiple dataset using Gnuplot;
  • nnum - produce a series of integers or floats;
  • prefield - prepare input file for ‘muplot’ to plot 2-d fields by arrows.

There are three methods to install stda 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 stda Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install stda

Install stda Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install stda using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install stda

Install stda 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 stda using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stda

How To Uninstall stda on Debian 12

To uninstall only the stda package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove stda

Uninstall stda And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stda

Remove stda Configurations and Data

To remove stda configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge stda

Remove stda configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stda

Dependencies

stda have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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