How To Install libcasa-fits3 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libcasa-fits3 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libcasa-fits3 is CASA FITS library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-fits3 on Debian 10.

What is libcasa-fits3

libcasa-fits3 is:

The casacore package contains the core libraries of the old AIPS++/CASA (Common Astronomy Software Applications) package. This split was made to get a better separation of core libraries and applications.

This package contains a C++ interface to read and write FITS files.

There are three methods to install libcasa-fits3 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 libcasa-fits3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcasa-fits3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcasa-fits3

Install libcasa-fits3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcasa-fits3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcasa-fits3

Install libcasa-fits3 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 libcasa-fits3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcasa-fits3

How To Uninstall libcasa-fits3 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libcasa-fits3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcasa-fits3

Uninstall libcasa-fits3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcasa-fits3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcasa-fits3

Remove libcasa-fits3 Configurations and Data

To remove libcasa-fits3 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcasa-fits3

Remove libcasa-fits3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcasa-fits3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcasa-fits3

Dependencies

libcasa-fits3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-fits3 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.