How To Install pysatellites on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pysatellites on Ubuntu.
What is pysatellites
pysatellites is:
This program can be used to train people to spatial mechanics at an elementary level. You are given the power to launch a satellite, from outside the atmosphere, around a handful of predefined planets, or around any special object you may imagine. Input the initial velocity vector of the satellite, and you will get the simulated trajectory, as well as some information like the plots of variation of speed. As an extra, you can compute a movie, which represents the planet seen from the satellite’s point of view during its orbital period.
There are three methods to install pysatellites on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pysatellites Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pysatellites using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pysatellites
Install pysatellites Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pysatellites using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pysatellites
Install pysatellites 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pysatellites using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pysatellites
How To Uninstall pysatellites on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pysatellites package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pysatellites
Uninstall pysatellites And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pysatellites and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pysatellites
Remove pysatellites Configurations and Data
To remove pysatellites configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pysatellites
Remove pysatellites configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pysatellites configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pysatellites
Dependencies
pysatellites have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pysatellites package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.