How To Install missfits on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install missfits on Debian 10.
What is missfits
missfits is:
MissFITS is a program that performs basic maintenance and packaging tasks on FITS files using an optimised FITS library. MissFITS can:
- add/edit/remove FITS header keywords
- split/join Multi-Extension-FITS (MEF) files
- unpile/pile FITS data-cubes
- create/check/update FITS checksums, using R. Seaman??s protocol.
There are three methods to install missfits 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 missfits Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install missfits using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install missfits
Install missfits Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install missfits using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install missfits
Install missfits 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 missfits using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install missfits
How To Uninstall missfits on Debian 10
To uninstall only the missfits package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove missfits
Uninstall missfits And Its Dependencies
To uninstall missfits and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove missfits
Remove missfits Configurations and Data
To remove missfits configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge missfits
Remove missfits configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove missfits configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge missfits
Dependencies
missfits have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install missfits package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
