How To Install xplanet on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xplanet on Debian 12.
What is xplanet
xplanet is:
Xplanet renders an image of a planet into an X window or a file. All of the major planets and most satellites can be drawn, and different map projections are also supported, including azimuthal, hemisphere, Lambert, Mercator, Mollweide, Peters, polyconic, and rectangular.
In order to run xplanet, you’ll need at least one map file. Some maps are included in the xplanet-images package.
There are three methods to install xplanet 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 xplanet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xplanet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xplanet
Install xplanet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xplanet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xplanet
Install xplanet 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 xplanet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xplanet
How To Uninstall xplanet on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xplanet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xplanet
Uninstall xplanet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xplanet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xplanet
Remove xplanet Configurations and Data
To remove xplanet configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xplanet
Remove xplanet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xplanet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xplanet
Dependencies
xplanet have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libfreetype6
- libgcc-s1
- libgif7
- libglib2.0-0
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libpng16-16
- libstdc++6
- libtiff6
- libx11-6
- libxss1
- fonts-freefont-ttf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xplanet package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.