How To Install astro-frameworks on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-frameworks on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is astro-frameworks
astro-frameworks is:
This metapackage will install large astronomical data analysis frameworks, which usually provide their own script language.
There are three methods to install astro-frameworks on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-frameworks 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-frameworks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install astro-frameworks
Install astro-frameworks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install astro-frameworks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install astro-frameworks
Install astro-frameworks Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install astro-frameworks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install astro-frameworks
How To Uninstall astro-frameworks on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the astro-frameworks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove astro-frameworks
Uninstall astro-frameworks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall astro-frameworks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove astro-frameworks
Remove astro-frameworks Configurations and Data
To remove astro-frameworks configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge astro-frameworks
Remove astro-frameworks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove astro-frameworks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge astro-frameworks
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-frameworks package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
