How To Install libcfitsio9 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 libcfitsio9 on Ubuntu.
What is libcfitsio9
libcfitsio9 is:
FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is a data format most used in astronomy. cfitsio is a library of ANSI C routines for reading and writing FITS format data files. A set of Fortran-callable wrapper routines are also included for the convenience of Fortran programmers.
This package contains what you need to run programs that use this library.
There are three methods to install libcfitsio9 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 libcfitsio9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcfitsio9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcfitsio9
Install libcfitsio9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcfitsio9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcfitsio9
Install libcfitsio9 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 libcfitsio9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcfitsio9
How To Uninstall libcfitsio9 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libcfitsio9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcfitsio9
Uninstall libcfitsio9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcfitsio9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcfitsio9
Remove libcfitsio9 Configurations and Data
To remove libcfitsio9 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcfitsio9
Remove libcfitsio9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcfitsio9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcfitsio9
Dependencies
libcfitsio9 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio9 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.