How To Install cpl-plugin-amber on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpl-plugin-amber on Kali Linux. cpl-plugin-amber is ESO data reduction pipeline for the AMBER instrument

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpl-plugin-amber on Kali Linux.

What is cpl-plugin-amber

cpl-plugin-amber is:

This is the data reduction pipeline for the AMBER instrument of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

AMBER is a near-infrared, multi-beam interferometric instrument, combining simultaneously up to 3 telescopes. AMBER can be used in Period 82 and following with UTs or ATs. All possible triplets of UTs are available, and a number of selected AT combinations.

There are three methods to install cpl-plugin-amber 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 cpl-plugin-amber Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cpl-plugin-amber using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cpl-plugin-amber

Install cpl-plugin-amber Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cpl-plugin-amber using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cpl-plugin-amber

Install cpl-plugin-amber Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux 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 cpl-plugin-amber using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cpl-plugin-amber

How To Uninstall cpl-plugin-amber on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cpl-plugin-amber package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cpl-plugin-amber

Uninstall cpl-plugin-amber And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cpl-plugin-amber and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpl-plugin-amber

Remove cpl-plugin-amber Configurations and Data

To remove cpl-plugin-amber configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cpl-plugin-amber

Remove cpl-plugin-amber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cpl-plugin-amber configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpl-plugin-amber

Dependencies

cpl-plugin-amber have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpl-plugin-amber package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.