How To Install cfitsio on Fedora 34

cfitsio is Library for manipulating FITS data files Library for manipulating FITS data files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cfitsio on Fedora 34.

What is `cfitsio`

CFITSIO is a library of C and FORTRAN subroutines for reading and writing data files in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) data format. CFITSIO simplifies the task of writing software that deals with FITS files by providing an easy to use set of high-level routines that insulate the programmer from the internal complexities of the FITS file format. At the same time, CFITSIO provides many advanced features that have made it the most widely used FITS file programming interface in the astronomical community. cfitsio 3.490 2.fc34 x86_64 596 k cfitsio-3.490-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora Library for manipulating FITS data files http MIT CFITSIO is a library of C and FORTRAN subroutines for reading and writing data files in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) data format. CFITSIO simplifies the task of writing software that deals with FITS files by providing an easy to use set of high-level routines that insulate the programmer from the internal complexities of the FITS file format. At the same time, CFITSIO provides many advanced features that have made it the most widely used FITS file programming interface in the astronomical community.

We can use yum or dnf to install cfitsio on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cfitsio.

Install cfitsio on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install cfitsio

Install cfitsio on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install cfitsio

How To Uninstall cfitsio on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove cfitsio

cfitsio Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/725caf8fbfc82877f9df0df30f332996cec25b
/usr/lib64/libcfitsio.so.9
/usr/lib64/libcfitsio.so.9.3.49
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio/License.txt
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio/README
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio/changes.txt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/15219aa6fd5c054f17572c434b6e7b52434f43
/usr/lib/libcfitsio.so.9
/usr/lib/libcfitsio.so.9.3.49
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio/License.txt
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio/README
/usr/share/doc/cfitsio/changes.txt

References

[cfitsio website](http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/ http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cfitsio on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.