How To Install wcstools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcstools on Rocky Linux 8. wcstools is Software utilities to display and manipulate the WCS of a FITS image

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcstools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is wcstools

Wcstools is a set of software utilities, written in C, which create, display and manipulate the world coordinate system of a FITS or IRAF image, using specific keywords in the image header which relate pixel position within the image to position on the sky. Auxiliary programs search star catalogs and manipulate images.

We can use yum or dnf to install wcstools on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wcstools.

Install wcstools on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install wcstools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wcstools

Install wcstools on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install wcstools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wcstools

How To Uninstall wcstools on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove wcstools

wcstools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/addpix
/usr/bin/bincat
/usr/bin/char2sp
/usr/bin/conpix
/usr/bin/cphead
/usr/bin/crlf
/usr/bin/delhead
/usr/bin/delwcs
/usr/bin/edhead
/usr/bin/filename
/usr/bin/fileroot
/usr/bin/filext
/usr/bin/fixpix
/usr/bin/getcol
/usr/bin/getdate
/usr/bin/getfits
/usr/bin/gethead
/usr/bin/getpix
/usr/bin/gettab
/usr/bin/htmlsp
/usr/bin/i2f
/usr/bin/imcat
/usr/bin/imextract
/usr/bin/imfill
/usr/bin/imhead
/usr/bin/immatch
/usr/bin/imresize
/usr/bin/imrot
/usr/bin/imsize
/usr/bin/imsmooth
/usr/bin/imstack
/usr/bin/imstar
/usr/bin/imwcs
/usr/bin/isfile
/usr/bin/isfits
/usr/bin/isnum
/usr/bin/isrange
/usr/bin/keyhead
/usr/bin/newfits
/usr/bin/scat
/usr/bin/sethead
/usr/bin/setpix
/usr/bin/simpos
/usr/bin/sky2xy
/usr/bin/skycoor
/usr/bin/sp2char
/usr/bin/subpix
/usr/bin/sumpix
/usr/bin/wcshead
/usr/bin/wcsremap
/usr/bin/xy2sky
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
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/usr/share/doc/wcstools
/usr/share/doc/wcstools/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/wcstools/Programs
/usr/share/doc/wcstools/Readme
/usr/share/licenses/wcstools
/usr/share/licenses/wcstools/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/delhead.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/delwcs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/edhead.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/getcol.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gethead.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/getpix.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/i2f.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imgsc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imhead.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imrot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imsize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imstar.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imua2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imusa2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/imwcs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/isnum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/keyhead.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/scat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sethead.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/setpix.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sgsc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/simpos.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sky2xy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/skycoor.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sua2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/susa2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wcshead.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wcstools.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xy2sky.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcstools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.