How To Install astro-frameworks on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-frameworks on Ubuntu 22.04. astro-frameworks is Astronomical data analysis frameworks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-frameworks on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is astro-frameworks

astro-frameworks is:

This metapackage will install large astronomical data analysis frameworks, which usually provide their own script language. Please notice that the Gnu Data Language has its own metapackage astro-gdl, IRAF is in astro-iraf, and the Astropy framework is in the astro-python3 metapackage.

There are three methods to install astro-frameworks on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 22.04

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 22.04, 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 22.04 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 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.