How To Install skyview 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 skyview on Ubuntu.
What is skyview
skyview is:
SkyView is a “virtual” observatory dynamically generating images of the sky in different wavelength regimes from a static image database. SkyView is intended as a quick look facility to see the heavens.
This package includes the executable.
There are three methods to install skyview 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 skyview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install skyview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install skyview
Install skyview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install skyview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install skyview
Install skyview 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 skyview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install skyview
How To Uninstall skyview on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the skyview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove skyview
Uninstall skyview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall skyview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove skyview
Remove skyview Configurations and Data
To remove skyview configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge skyview
Remove skyview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove skyview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skyview
Dependencies
skyview have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install skyview package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.