How To Install missfits on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install missfits on Debian 9. missfits is Basic maintenance and packaging tasks on FITS files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install missfits on Debian 9.

What is missfits

missfits is:

MissFITS is a program that performs basic maintenance and packaging tasks on FITS files using an optimised FITS library. MissFITS can:

  • add/edit/remove FITS header keywords
  • split/join Multi-Extension-FITS (MEF) files
  • unpile/pile FITS data-cubes
  • create/check/update FITS checksums, using R. Seaman??s protocol.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install missfits

Install missfits Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install missfits

Install missfits 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 missfits using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install missfits

How To Uninstall missfits on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove missfits

Uninstall missfits And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove missfits

Remove missfits Configurations and Data

To remove missfits configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge missfits

Remove missfits configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge missfits

Dependencies

missfits have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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