How To Install libstellarsolver1 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstellarsolver1 on Ubuntu 22.04. libstellarsolver1 is Sextractor and Astrometry.net-Based Internal Astrometric Solver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstellarsolver1 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libstellarsolver1

libstellarsolver1 is:

An Astrometric Plate Solver, built on Astrometry.net and SEP (sextractor).

This package contains the Stellar Solver shared library.

There are three methods to install libstellarsolver1 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 libstellarsolver1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libstellarsolver1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libstellarsolver1

Install libstellarsolver1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libstellarsolver1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libstellarsolver1

Install libstellarsolver1 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 libstellarsolver1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libstellarsolver1

How To Uninstall libstellarsolver1 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libstellarsolver1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libstellarsolver1

Uninstall libstellarsolver1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libstellarsolver1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstellarsolver1

Remove libstellarsolver1 Configurations and Data

To remove libstellarsolver1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libstellarsolver1

Remove libstellarsolver1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libstellarsolver1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstellarsolver1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstellarsolver1 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.