How To Install scamp 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 scamp on Ubuntu.
What is scamp
scamp is:
SCAMP reads SExtractor catalogs and computes astrometric and photometric solutions for any arbitrary sequence of FITS images in a completely automatic way.
There are three methods to install scamp 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 scamp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scamp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scamp
Install scamp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scamp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scamp
Install scamp 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 scamp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scamp
How To Uninstall scamp on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the scamp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scamp
Uninstall scamp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scamp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scamp
Remove scamp Configurations and Data
To remove scamp configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scamp
Remove scamp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scamp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scamp
Dependencies
scamp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scamp package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.