How To Install stellarium-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stellarium-data on Kali Linux.

What is stellarium-data

stellarium-data is:

Stellarium renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real-time. With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope.

This package contains data files required by Stellarium. They include textures, star catalogues and translations.

There are three methods to install stellarium-data 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 stellarium-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install stellarium-data

Install stellarium-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install stellarium-data

Install stellarium-data 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 stellarium-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stellarium-data

How To Uninstall stellarium-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the stellarium-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove stellarium-data

Uninstall stellarium-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stellarium-data

Remove stellarium-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge stellarium-data

Remove stellarium-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stellarium-data

Dependencies

stellarium-data have the following dependencies:

• fonts-dejavu-core

References

• stellarium-data website

Summary

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