How To Install astro-iraf on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is astro-iraf

astro-iraf is:

IRAF (Image Reduction an Analysis Facility) is a general purpose software system for the reduction and analysis of astronomical data. This metapackage will install IRAF and its associated packages.

There are three methods to install astro-iraf 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-iraf 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-iraf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install astro-iraf

Install astro-iraf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install astro-iraf

Install astro-iraf 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-iraf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install astro-iraf

How To Uninstall astro-iraf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove astro-iraf

Uninstall astro-iraf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove astro-iraf

Remove astro-iraf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge astro-iraf

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

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

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

Dependencies

astro-iraf have the following dependencies:

• astro-tasks

References

• astro-iraf website

Summary

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