How To Install wcstools on Fedora 34
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 Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wcstools.
Install wcstools 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 wcstools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install wcstools
Install wcstools 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 wcstools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install wcstools
How To Uninstall wcstools on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the wcstools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove wcstools
wcstools Package Contents on Fedora 34
/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
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/usr/bin/imhead
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/usr/bin/imresize
/usr/bin/imrot
/usr/bin/imsize
/usr/bin/imsmooth
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/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
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/usr/share/licenses/wcstools/COPYING
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/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
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/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.