How To Install casacore-data-sources on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-data-sources
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is casacore-data-sources
casacore-data-sources is:
This package contains a table with the sources that realize the and the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF), as a table for the use with casacore. The ICRF is now the standard reference frame used to define the positions of the planets (including the Earth) and other astronomical objects.
There are three methods to install casacore-data-sources
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-sources 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-sources
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install casacore-data-sources
Install casacore-data-sources Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data-sources
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install casacore-data-sources
Install casacore-data-sources 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data-sources
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install casacore-data-sources
How To Uninstall casacore-data-sources on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the casacore-data-sources
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove casacore-data-sources
Uninstall casacore-data-sources And Its Dependencies
To uninstall casacore-data-sources
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove casacore-data-sources
Remove casacore-data-sources Configurations and Data
To remove casacore-data-sources
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge casacore-data-sources
Remove casacore-data-sources configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove casacore-data-sources
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge casacore-data-sources
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-data-sources
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.