How To Install source-extractor 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 source-extractor on Ubuntu.
What is source-extractor
source-extractor is:
Find sources, such as stars and galaxies, in astronomical images. The input data files are in FITS file format, and are analyzed to compute the locations of sources, with the ability to distinguish between galaxies and stars using a neural-network technique.
There are three methods to install source-extractor 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 source-extractor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install source-extractor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install source-extractor
Install source-extractor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install source-extractor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install source-extractor
Install source-extractor 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 source-extractor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install source-extractor
How To Uninstall source-extractor on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the source-extractor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove source-extractor
Uninstall source-extractor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall source-extractor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove source-extractor
Remove source-extractor Configurations and Data
To remove source-extractor configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge source-extractor
Remove source-extractor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove source-extractor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge source-extractor
Dependencies
source-extractor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install source-extractor package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.