How To Install libhealpix-cxx0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhealpix-cxx0 on Debian 9. libhealpix-cxx0 is representation of spherical data - C++ shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhealpix-cxx0 on Debian 9.

What is libhealpix-cxx0

libhealpix-cxx0 is:

HEALPix is an acronym for Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization of a sphere. As suggested in the name, this pixelization produces a subdivision of a spherical surface in which each pixel covers the same surface area as every other pixel. It is commonly used to store all-sky astronomical images, most famously maps of the cosmic microwave background.

This package provides the dynamic library for the C++ language implementation of HEALPix. It can be used interactively via Python bindings available in a separate package. The C++ library provides input/output, basic spatial operations such as conversion between spherical coordinates and HEALPix pixels, and also sophisticated spatial operations such as querying cones or polygons, as well as upsampling/downsampling, smoothing, and fast spherical harmonic transforms.

There are three methods to install libhealpix-cxx0 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libhealpix-cxx0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhealpix-cxx0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhealpix-cxx0

Install libhealpix-cxx0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhealpix-cxx0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhealpix-cxx0

Install libhealpix-cxx0 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 libhealpix-cxx0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhealpix-cxx0

How To Uninstall libhealpix-cxx0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libhealpix-cxx0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhealpix-cxx0

Uninstall libhealpix-cxx0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhealpix-cxx0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhealpix-cxx0

Remove libhealpix-cxx0 Configurations and Data

To remove libhealpix-cxx0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhealpix-cxx0

Remove libhealpix-cxx0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhealpix-cxx0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhealpix-cxx0

Dependencies

libhealpix-cxx0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhealpix-cxx0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.