How To Install vitables on Debian 10

Learn how to install vitables on Debian 10 with this tutorial. vitables is graphical tool to browse and edit PyTables and HDF5 files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vitables on Debian 10.

What is vitables

vitables is:

ViTables is a component of the PyTables family. It is a graphical tool for browsing and editing files in both PyTables and HDF5 formats.

ViTables capabilities include easy navigation through the data hierarchy, displaying of real data and its associated metadata, a simple, yet powerful, browsing of multidimensional data and much more.

One of the greatest strengths of ViTables is its ability to display very large tables. Tables with one thousand millions of rows (and beyond) are navigated stunningly fast and with very low memory requirements. So, if you ever need to browse very large tables, don’t hesitate, ViTables is your choice.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vitables

Install vitables Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vitables

Install vitables 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 vitables using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vitables

How To Uninstall vitables on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove vitables

Uninstall vitables And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vitables and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vitables

Remove vitables Configurations and Data

To remove vitables configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vitables

Remove vitables configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vitables

Dependencies

vitables have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vitables package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.