How To Install libhealpix-cxx2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhealpix-cxx2 on Kali Linux.

What is libhealpix-cxx2

libhealpix-cxx2 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-cxx2 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 libhealpix-cxx2 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-cxx2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhealpix-cxx2

Install libhealpix-cxx2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhealpix-cxx2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhealpix-cxx2

Install libhealpix-cxx2 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 libhealpix-cxx2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhealpix-cxx2

How To Uninstall libhealpix-cxx2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libhealpix-cxx2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhealpix-cxx2

Uninstall libhealpix-cxx2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhealpix-cxx2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhealpix-cxx2

Remove libhealpix-cxx2 Configurations and Data

To remove libhealpix-cxx2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhealpix-cxx2

Remove libhealpix-cxx2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhealpix-cxx2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhealpix-cxx2

Dependencies

libhealpix-cxx2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcfitsio9
• libgcc-s1
• libgomp1
• libsharp0
• libstdc++6

References

• libhealpix-cxx2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhealpix-cxx2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.