How To Install stilts on Debian 12

Learn how to install stilts on Debian 12 with this tutorial. stilts is Starlink Tables Infrastructure Library Tool Set

Introduction

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

What is stilts

stilts is:

The STIL Tool Set is a set of command-line tools based on STIL, the Starlink Tables Infrastructure Library. It deals with the processing of tabular data; the package has been designed for, but is not restricted to, astronomical tables such as object catalogues. Some of the tools are generic and can work with multiple formats (including FITS, VOTable, CDF, CSV, SQL and ASCII), and others are specific to the VOTable format. In some ways, STILTS forms the command-line counterpart of the GUI table analysis tool TOPCAT. The package is robust, fully documented, and designed for efficiency, especially with very large datasets.

This package contains the executable.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install stilts

Install stilts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install stilts

Install stilts 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 stilts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stilts

How To Uninstall stilts on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove stilts

Uninstall stilts And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stilts

Remove stilts Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge stilts

Remove stilts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stilts

Dependencies

stilts have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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