How To Install ximtool 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 ximtool on Ubuntu.
What is ximtool
ximtool is:
Ximtool provides an image display capability to remote client applications for IRAF using the standard imtool/iis image display protocol. The image display server allows a number of image frame buffers to be created and displayed. The client can read and write data in these frame buffers. Any frame or combination of frames can be displayed. Various display options are provided, e.g., zoom and pan, flip about either axis, frame blink, windowing of the display, and colortable enhancement.
There are three methods to install ximtool 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 ximtool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ximtool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ximtool
Install ximtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ximtool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ximtool
Install ximtool 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 ximtool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ximtool
How To Uninstall ximtool on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ximtool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ximtool
Uninstall ximtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ximtool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ximtool
Remove ximtool Configurations and Data
To remove ximtool configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ximtool
Remove ximtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ximtool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ximtool
Dependencies
ximtool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ximtool package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.