How To Install funtools on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install funtools
on Debian 11.
What is funtools
funtools is:
Funtools, is a “minimal buy-in” FITS library and utility package developed at the High Energy Astrophysics Division of SAO. The Funtools library provides simplified access to a wide array of file types: standard astronomical FITS images and binary tables, raw arrays and binary event lists, and even tables of ASCII column data. A sophisticated region filtering library (compatible with ds9) filters images and tables using boolean operations between geometric shapes, support world coordinates, etc. Funtools also supports advanced capabilities such as optimized data searching using index files.
This package contains the tools.
There are three methods to install funtools
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install funtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install funtools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install funtools
Install funtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install funtools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install funtools
Install funtools 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 funtools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install funtools
How To Uninstall funtools on Debian 11
To uninstall only the funtools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove funtools
Uninstall funtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall funtools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove funtools
Remove funtools Configurations and Data
To remove funtools
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge funtools
Remove funtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove funtools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge funtools
Dependencies
funtools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install funtools
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.