How To Install astro-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is astro-tools

astro-tools is:

This metapackage will install small tools provided by Debian Astronomy packages. These tools handle smaller tasks, mainly dealing with FITS files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install astro-tools

Install astro-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install astro-tools

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

sudo aptitude -y install astro-tools

How To Uninstall astro-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove astro-tools

Uninstall astro-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove astro-tools

Remove astro-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge astro-tools

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

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

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

Dependencies

astro-tools have the following dependencies:

• astro-tasks

References

• astro-tools website

Summary

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