How To Install skyview on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install skyview on Kali Linux. skyview is Image generation from a range of remote databases

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install skyview on Kali Linux.

What is skyview

skyview is:

SkyView is a “virtual” observatory dynamically generating images of the sky in different wavelength regimes from a static image database. SkyView is intended as a quick look facility to see the heavens.

This package includes the executable.

There are three methods to install skyview on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install skyview Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install skyview

Install skyview Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install skyview

Install skyview Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install skyview

How To Uninstall skyview on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove skyview

Uninstall skyview And Its Dependencies

To uninstall skyview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove skyview

Remove skyview Configurations and Data

To remove skyview configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge skyview

Remove skyview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skyview

Dependencies

skyview have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install skyview package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.