How To Install xplanet on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

2 minutes • 400 words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xplanet on Ubuntu.

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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu

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 Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xplanet

Remove xplanet Configurations and Data

To remove xplanet configuration and data from Ubuntu 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:

References

xplanet website

Summary

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