How To Install python-astropy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astropy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-astropy
python-astropy is:
The astropy package contains core functionality and some common tools needed for performing astronomy and astrophysics research with Python. It can be extended by a number of “affiliated packages” that are intended to work with the core package.
This is the Python 2 legacy package. Please use python3-astropy instead.
There are three methods to install python-astropy on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-astropy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-astropy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-astropy
Install python-astropy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-astropy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-astropy
Install python-astropy 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 python-astropy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-astropy
How To Uninstall python-astropy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-astropy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-astropy
Uninstall python-astropy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-astropy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-astropy
Remove python-astropy Configurations and Data
To remove python-astropy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-astropy
Remove python-astropy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-astropy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-astropy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astropy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
