How To Install casacore-tools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-tools on Debian 9. casacore-tools is Tools built with CASA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-tools on Debian 9.

What is casacore-tools

casacore-tools is:

The casacore package contains the core libraries of the old AIPS++/CASA (Common Astronomy Software Applications) package. This split was made to get a better separation of core libraries and applications.

This package contains the tools built with CASA core:

  • taql - query language for casacore tables
  • measuresdata - create data tables for measures
  • imageregrid, imagecalc, showtable, showtablelock, findmeastable, fits2table, imreorder, casahdf5support, msselect, image2fits, imageslice, etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install casacore-tools

Install casacore-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install casacore-tools

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

sudo aptitude -y install casacore-tools

How To Uninstall casacore-tools on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove casacore-tools

Uninstall casacore-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall casacore-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove casacore-tools

Remove casacore-tools Configurations and Data

To remove casacore-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge casacore-tools

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

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

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

Dependencies

casacore-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.