How To Install wxastrocapture on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wxastrocapture on Debian 10.
What is wxastrocapture
wxastrocapture is:
wxAstroCapture controls cameras for planetary/lunar/solar and deep sky imaging. Long exposures are supported for SC modified webcams with serial and parallel port long exposure control. Also supported are Artemis/ATK cameras for 16bit deep sky imaging and webcam autoguiding using normal or long exposures.
There are three methods to install wxastrocapture 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 wxastrocapture Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wxastrocapture using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wxastrocapture
Install wxastrocapture Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wxastrocapture using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wxastrocapture
Install wxastrocapture 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 wxastrocapture using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wxastrocapture
How To Uninstall wxastrocapture on Debian 10
To uninstall only the wxastrocapture package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wxastrocapture
Uninstall wxastrocapture And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wxastrocapture and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wxastrocapture
Remove wxastrocapture Configurations and Data
To remove wxastrocapture configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wxastrocapture
Remove wxastrocapture configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wxastrocapture configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wxastrocapture
Dependencies
wxastrocapture have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wxastrocapture package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.