How To Install sourcextractor++ on Fedora 34

sourcextractor++ is A program that extracts a catalog of sources from astronomical images, and the successor of SExtractor A program that extracts a catalog of sources from astronomical images, and the successor of SExtractor

Introduction

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

What is `sourcextractor++`

sourcextractor++ is a program that extracts a catalog of sources from astronomical images. It is the successor to the original SExtractor package. sourcextractor++ 0.15 1.fc34 x86_64 1.1 M sourcextractor++-0.15-1.fc34.src.rpm updates A program that extracts a catalog of sources from astronomical images, and the successor of SExtractor https LGPLv3+ sourcextractor++ is a program that extracts a catalog of sources from astronomical images. It is the successor to the original SExtractor package.

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

Install sourcextractor++ 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 sourcextractor++ using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sourcextractor++

Install sourcextractor++ 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 sourcextractor++ using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sourcextractor++

How To Uninstall sourcextractor++ on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the sourcextractor++ package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sourcextractor++

sourcextractor++ Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/sourcextractor++.conf
/usr/bin/sourcextractor++
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/usr/lib64/libSEFramework.so.0.13
/usr/lib64/libSEImplementation.so.0.13
/usr/lib64/libSEMain.so.0.13
/usr/lib64/libSEUtils.so.0.13
/usr/lib64/python3.9/lib-dynload/_SourceXtractorPy.so
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/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/sourcextractor/config/output.py
/usr/share/licenses/sourcextractor++
/usr/share/licenses/sourcextractor++/LICENSE
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/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sourcextractor/config/__pycache__/measurement_images.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sourcextractor/config/__pycache__/measurement_images.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sourcextractor/config/__pycache__/model_fitting.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
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/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sourcextractor/config/argv.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sourcextractor/config/measurement_images.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sourcextractor/config/model_fitting.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sourcextractor/config/output.py
/usr/share/licenses/sourcextractor++
/usr/share/licenses/sourcextractor++/LICENSE
/etc/sourcextractor++.conf
/usr/bin/sourcextractor++
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/usr/lib64/libModelFitting.so.0.15
/usr/lib64/libSEFramework.so.0.15
/usr/lib64/libSEImplementation.so.0.15
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/usr/lib64/libSEUtils.so.0.15
/usr/lib64/python3.9/lib-dynload/_SourceXtractorPy.so
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/usr/bin/sourcextractor++
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/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sourcextractor/config/measurement_images.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sourcextractor/config/model_fitting.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/sourcextractor/config/output.py
/usr/share/licenses/sourcextractor++
/usr/share/licenses/sourcextractor++/LICENSE

References

[sourcextractor++ website](https://github.com/astrorama/sourcextractorplusplus https://github.com/astrorama/sourcextractorplusplus)

Summary

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