How To Install libccfits-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libccfits-dev on Kali Linux. libccfits-dev is static library for I/O with FITS format data files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libccfits-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libccfits-dev

libccfits-dev is:

CCfits is an object oriented interface to the cfitsio library. It is designed to make the capabilities of cfitsio available to programmers working in C++. It is written in ANSI C++ and implemented using the C++ Standard Library with namespaces, exception handling, and member template functions.

This package contains what you need for compiling sources that use this library in your own code.

There are three methods to install libccfits-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libccfits-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libccfits-dev

Install libccfits-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libccfits-dev

Install libccfits-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libccfits-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libccfits-dev

How To Uninstall libccfits-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libccfits-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libccfits-dev

Uninstall libccfits-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libccfits-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libccfits-dev

Remove libccfits-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libccfits-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libccfits-dev

Remove libccfits-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libccfits-dev

Dependencies

libccfits-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libccfits-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.