How To Install wcslib on Fedora 34

wcslib is An implementation of the FITS World Coordinate System standard An implementation of the FITS World Coordinate System standard

Introduction

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

What is `wcslib`

WCSLIB is a library that implements the “World Coordinate System” (WCS) convention in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) wcslib 7.4 1.fc34 x86_64 250 k wcslib-7.4-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora An implementation of the FITS World Coordinate System standard http LGPLv3+ WCSLIB is a library that implements the “World Coordinate System” (WCS) convention in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System)

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

Install wcslib 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 wcslib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wcslib

Install wcslib 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 wcslib using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wcslib

How To Uninstall wcslib on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove wcslib

wcslib Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/4ff19f852aebdc57b0d788b5f678a6ab76dd7d
/usr/lib/libwcs.so.7
/usr/lib/libwcs.so.7.4
/usr/share/doc/wcslib
/usr/share/doc/wcslib/README
/usr/share/licenses/wcslib
/usr/share/licenses/wcslib/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/d4d29b8564d4ecff4596d1741df4478cb886f5
/usr/lib64/libwcs.so.7
/usr/lib64/libwcs.so.7.4
/usr/share/doc/wcslib
/usr/share/doc/wcslib/README
/usr/share/licenses/wcslib
/usr/share/licenses/wcslib/COPYING.LESSER

References

[wcslib website](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/mcalabre/WCS/wcslib/ http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/mcalabre/WCS/wcslib/)

Summary

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