How To Install python-astroquery on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astroquery on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-astroquery
python-astroquery is:
Astroquery is a set of Python tools for querying astronomical web forms and databases.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-astroquery 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-astroquery 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-astroquery using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-astroquery
Install python-astroquery Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-astroquery using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-astroquery
Install python-astroquery 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-astroquery using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-astroquery
How To Uninstall python-astroquery on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-astroquery package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-astroquery
Uninstall python-astroquery And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-astroquery and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-astroquery
Remove python-astroquery Configurations and Data
To remove python-astroquery configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-astroquery
Remove python-astroquery configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-astroquery configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-astroquery
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astroquery package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
