How To Install tcl-funtools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-funtools on Debian 12.
What is tcl-funtools
tcl-funtools is:
Funtools, is a “minimal buy-in” FITS library and utility package developed at the High Energy Astrophysics Division of SAO. The Funtools library provides simplified access to a wide array of file types: standard astronomical FITS images and binary tables, raw arrays and binary event lists, and even tables of ASCII column data. A sophisticated region filtering library (compatible with ds9) filters images and tables using boolean operations between geometric shapes, support world coordinates, etc. Funtools also supports advanced capabilities such as optimized data searching using index files.
This package contains the Tcl interface.
There are three methods to install tcl-funtools 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 tcl-funtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-funtools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcl-funtools
Install tcl-funtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-funtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcl-funtools
Install tcl-funtools 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 tcl-funtools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcl-funtools
How To Uninstall tcl-funtools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the tcl-funtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcl-funtools
Uninstall tcl-funtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcl-funtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl-funtools
Remove tcl-funtools Configurations and Data
To remove tcl-funtools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcl-funtools
Remove tcl-funtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcl-funtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl-funtools
Dependencies
tcl-funtools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-funtools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
