How To Install swetest on Debian 12

Learn how to install swetest on Debian 12 with this tutorial. swetest is Swiss Ephemeris test application.

Introduction

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

What is swetest

swetest is:

‘swetest’ is an example CLI application demonstrating many, if not most, of the capabilities of the Swiss Ephemeris library. For example: calculation of celestial positions of planets, asteroids, fixed stars, and fictitious objects, western and numerous indian zodiac styles, astrological house systems, eclipses, etc.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install swetest

Install swetest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install swetest

Install swetest 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 swetest using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install swetest

How To Uninstall swetest on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove swetest

Uninstall swetest And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove swetest

Remove swetest Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge swetest

Remove swetest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swetest

Dependencies

swetest have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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