How To Install ximtool on Debian 12

Learn how to install ximtool on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ximtool is Interactive image display program for the X Window System

Introduction

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

What is ximtool

ximtool is:

Ximtool provides an image display capability to remote client applications for IRAF using the standard imtool/iis image display protocol. The image display server allows a number of image frame buffers to be created and displayed. The client can read and write data in these frame buffers. Any frame or combination of frames can be displayed. Various display options are provided, e.g., zoom and pan, flip about either axis, frame blink, windowing of the display, and colortable enhancement.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ximtool

Install ximtool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ximtool

Install ximtool 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 ximtool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ximtool

How To Uninstall ximtool on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ximtool

Uninstall ximtool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ximtool

Remove ximtool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ximtool

Remove ximtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ximtool

Dependencies

ximtool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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