How To Install astropy-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install astropy-tools on Rocky Linux 8. astropy-tools is Astropy utility tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install astropy-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is astropy-tools

Utilities provided by Astropy.

We can use yum or dnf to install astropy-tools on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install astropy-tools.

Install astropy-tools on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install astropy-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install astropy-tools

Install astropy-tools on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install astropy-tools

How To Uninstall astropy-tools on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove astropy-tools

astropy-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/fits2bitmap
/usr/bin/fitscheck
/usr/bin/fitsdiff
/usr/bin/fitsheader
/usr/bin/fitsinfo
/usr/bin/samp_hub
/usr/bin/showtable
/usr/bin/volint
/usr/bin/wcslint

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install astropy-tools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.