How To Install casacore-data on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-data on Debian 9.
What is casacore-data
casacore-data is:
This package will install a basic set of data tables to be used by Common Astronomy Software Applications core library at runtime and test:
- IGRF: International Geomagnetic Reference Field data
- Sources: Table of ICRF2 reference source coordinates
- Lines: Table of spectral line frequencies
- Observatories: Table of radio observatory coordinates
- TAI_UTC: Difference table between TAI and UTC
Note that the ephemerides and earth orientation data are not available yet.
There are three methods to install casacore-data on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install casacore-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install casacore-data
Install casacore-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install casacore-data
Install casacore-data 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install casacore-data
How To Uninstall casacore-data on Debian 9
To uninstall only the casacore-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove casacore-data
Uninstall casacore-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall casacore-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove casacore-data
Remove casacore-data Configurations and Data
To remove casacore-data configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge casacore-data
Remove casacore-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove casacore-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge casacore-data
Dependencies
casacore-data have the following dependencies:
- casacore-data-igrf
- casacore-data-lines
- casacore-data-observatories
- casacore-data-sources
- casacore-data-tai-utc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-data package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.