How To Install astrometry.net on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install astrometry.net on Kali Linux.
What is astrometry.net
The astrometry engine will take any image and return the astrometry world coordinate system (WCS), a standards-based description of the transformation between image coordinates and sky coordinates.
There are three ways to install astrometry.net 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 astrometry.net Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install astrometry.net using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install astrometry.net
Install astrometry.net Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install astrometry.net using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install astrometry.net
Install astrometry.net 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 Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install astrometry.net using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install astrometry.net
How To Uninstall astrometry.net on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the astrometry.net package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove astrometry.net
Uninstall astrometry.net And Its Dependencies
To uninstall astrometry.net and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove astrometry.net
Remove astrometry.net Configurations and Data
To remove astrometry.net configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge astrometry.net
Remove astrometry.net configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove astrometry.net configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge astrometry.net
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install astrometry.net using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.