How To Install libcasa-measures5 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-measures5 on Debian 11. libcasa-measures5 is CASA measures library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-measures5 on Debian 11.

What is libcasa-measures5

libcasa-measures5 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 implements measures (i.e. quantities with references frames) and their persistency. Examples are the Hour-angle and Declination of a source at a certain time and observatory; an Ra/Dec for a certain mean epoch; an apparent frequency at a certain time given in eV; a local sidereal time at an observatory. Measures can be converted from one reference frame to another (and this possibility is its main reason for existence).

There are three methods to install libcasa-measures5 on Debian 11. 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-measures5 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-measures5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcasa-measures5

Install libcasa-measures5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcasa-measures5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcasa-measures5

Install libcasa-measures5 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-measures5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcasa-measures5

How To Uninstall libcasa-measures5 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libcasa-measures5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcasa-measures5

Uninstall libcasa-measures5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcasa-measures5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcasa-measures5

Remove libcasa-measures5 Configurations and Data

To remove libcasa-measures5 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcasa-measures5

Remove libcasa-measures5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcasa-measures5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcasa-measures5

Dependencies

libcasa-measures5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-measures5 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.