How To Install python3-asdf 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 python3-asdf on Ubuntu.

What is `python3-asdf`

python3-asdf is:

ASDF (Advanced Scientific Data Format) is a proposed next generation interchange format for scientific data. ASDF aims to exist in the same middle ground that made FITS so successful, by being a hybrid text and binary format: containing human editable metadata for interchange, and raw binary data that is fast to load and use. Unlike FITS, the metadata is highly structured and is designed up-front for extensibility.

This is the Python 3 package.

There are three methods to install python3-asdf 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 python3-asdf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-asdf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-asdf

Install python3-asdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-asdf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-asdf

Install python3-asdf 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 python3-asdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-asdf

How To Uninstall python3-asdf on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the python3-asdf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-asdf

Uninstall python3-asdf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-asdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-asdf

Remove python3-asdf Configurations and Data

To remove python3-asdf configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-asdf

Remove python3-asdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-asdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-asdf

Dependencies

python3-asdf have the following dependencies:

References

python3-asdf website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-asdf package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.