How To Install casacore-data-igrf on Debian 10

Learn how to install casacore-data-igrf on Debian 10 with this tutorial. casacore-data-igrf is International Geomagnetic Reference Field data for casacore

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-data-igrf on Debian 10.

What is casacore-data-igrf

casacore-data-igrf is:

This package contains the coefficients for the standard mathematical description of the Earth’s main magnetic field that is used widely in studies of the Earth’s deep interior, its crust and its ionosphere and magnetosphere.

The data are in a format specific to casacore.

There are three methods to install casacore-data-igrf on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install casacore-data-igrf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data-igrf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install casacore-data-igrf

Install casacore-data-igrf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data-igrf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install casacore-data-igrf

Install casacore-data-igrf 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data-igrf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install casacore-data-igrf

How To Uninstall casacore-data-igrf on Debian 10

To uninstall only the casacore-data-igrf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove casacore-data-igrf

Uninstall casacore-data-igrf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall casacore-data-igrf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove casacore-data-igrf

Remove casacore-data-igrf Configurations and Data

To remove casacore-data-igrf configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge casacore-data-igrf

Remove casacore-data-igrf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge casacore-data-igrf

Dependencies

casacore-data-igrf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-data-igrf package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.