How To Install tksao on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tksao on Debian 10.
What is tksao
tksao is:
SAOTk is an integrated set of Tcl/Tk canvas widgets for astronomical imaging and data visualization. The widget set is composed of the Frame, Panner, Magnifier, and Colorbar widgets. In addition to classical support for imaging FITS data, manipulating colormaps, region marking, coordinate readout (including WCS), etc, SAOTk widgets also support arbitrary image scaling and rotation, advanced postscript printing, Truecolor graphic support, and image mosaics.
The SAOTk widgets are being used in a wide variety of astronomical applications. These applications include general visualization and analysis, real-time instrumentation and calibration, and interactive modeling. These Tcl extensions can be utilized in any standard Tcl/Tk environment to build custom data analysis and visualization applications.
There are three methods to install tksao 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.
Install tksao Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tksao using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tksao
Install tksao Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tksao using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tksao
Install tksao 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 tksao using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tksao
How To Uninstall tksao on Debian 10
To uninstall only the tksao package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tksao
Uninstall tksao And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tksao and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tksao
Remove tksao Configurations and Data
To remove tksao configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tksao
Remove tksao configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tksao configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tksao
Dependencies
tksao have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tksao package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.