How To Install libcasa-msfits6 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-msfits6
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libcasa-msfits6
libcasa-msfits6 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 the mapping of MeasurementSets to/from FITS.
There are three methods to install libcasa-msfits6
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-msfits6 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-msfits6
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcasa-msfits6
Install libcasa-msfits6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcasa-msfits6
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcasa-msfits6
Install libcasa-msfits6 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 libcasa-msfits6
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcasa-msfits6
How To Uninstall libcasa-msfits6 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libcasa-msfits6
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcasa-msfits6
Uninstall libcasa-msfits6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcasa-msfits6
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcasa-msfits6
Remove libcasa-msfits6 Configurations and Data
To remove libcasa-msfits6
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcasa-msfits6
Remove libcasa-msfits6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcasa-msfits6
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcasa-msfits6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-msfits6
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.