How To Install nom-tam-fits on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nom-tam-fits in Fedora 36. nom-tam-fits is Java library for reading and writing FITS files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nom-tam-fits on Fedora 36.

What is `nom-tam-fits`

FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is the standard data format in astronomy used for the transport, analysis, and archival storage of scientific data sets. This library provides efficient I/O for FITS images and binary tables. All basic FITS formats and GZIP compressed files are supported.

We can use yum or dnf to install nom-tam-fits on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nom-tam-fits.

Install nom-tam-fits on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nom-tam-fits using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nom-tam-fits

Install nom-tam-fits on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nom-tam-fits using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nom-tam-fits

How To Uninstall nom-tam-fits on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nom-tam-fits package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nom-tam-fits

nom-tam-fits Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/nom-tam-fits
/usr/share/doc/nom-tam-fits/NOTE.v115.2
/usr/share/doc/nom-tam-fits/README.md
/usr/share/java/fits.jar
/usr/share/java/nom-tam-fits.jar
/usr/share/licenses/nom-tam-fits
/usr/share/licenses/nom-tam-fits/license.txt
/usr/share/maven-metadata/nom-tam-fits.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/fits.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/nom-tam-fits.pom

References

nom-tam-fits website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nom-tam-fits on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).