How To Install wcslib-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install wcslib-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. wcslib-doc is API documentation for wcslib

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcslib-doc on Debian 10.

What is wcslib-doc

wcslib-doc is:

WCSLIB is a C library, supplied with a full set of Fortran wrappers, that implements the “World Coordinate System” (WCS) standard in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System).

This package contains the API documentation for WCSLIB.

There are three methods to install wcslib-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wcslib-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wcslib-doc

Install wcslib-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wcslib-doc

Install wcslib-doc 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install wcslib-doc

How To Uninstall wcslib-doc on Debian 10

To uninstall only the wcslib-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wcslib-doc

Uninstall wcslib-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wcslib-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wcslib-doc

Remove wcslib-doc Configurations and Data

To remove wcslib-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wcslib-doc

Remove wcslib-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wcslib-doc

Dependencies

wcslib-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcslib-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.