How To Install astro-catalogs on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-catalogs on Kali Linux.

What is astro-catalogs

astro-catalogs is:

This metapackage will install a selection astronomical catalogs. Please note that due to their size, most catalogs are not included in Debian. Check the CDS web service for additional catalogs if needed.

There are three methods to install astro-catalogs on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install astro-catalogs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install astro-catalogs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install astro-catalogs

Install astro-catalogs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install astro-catalogs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install astro-catalogs

Install astro-catalogs Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install astro-catalogs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install astro-catalogs

How To Uninstall astro-catalogs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the astro-catalogs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove astro-catalogs

Uninstall astro-catalogs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall astro-catalogs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove astro-catalogs

Remove astro-catalogs Configurations and Data

To remove astro-catalogs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge astro-catalogs

Remove astro-catalogs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove astro-catalogs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge astro-catalogs

Dependencies

astro-catalogs have the following dependencies:

• astro-tasks

References

• astro-catalogs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-catalogs package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.