How To Install python-radio-beam on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-radio-beam on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-radio-beam
python-radio-beam is:
Radio Beam is a simple toolkit for reading beam information from FITS headers and manipulating beams. Some example applications include Convolution/deconvolution and Unit conversion (Jy to/from K).
This package contains the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-radio-beam 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-radio-beam 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-radio-beam using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-radio-beam
Install python-radio-beam Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-radio-beam using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-radio-beam
Install python-radio-beam 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-radio-beam using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-radio-beam
How To Uninstall python-radio-beam on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-radio-beam package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-radio-beam
Uninstall python-radio-beam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-radio-beam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-radio-beam
Remove python-radio-beam Configurations and Data
To remove python-radio-beam configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-radio-beam
Remove python-radio-beam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-radio-beam configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-radio-beam
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-radio-beam package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.