How To Install gcx on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gcx on Kali Linux.

What is gcx

gcx is:

Gcx is an astronomical image processing and data reduction tool, with an easy to use graphical user interface. It provides a complete set of data reduction functions for CCD photometry, with frame WCS fitting, automatic star identification, aperture photometry of target and standard stars, single-frame ensemble photometry solution finding, multi-frame color coefficient fitting, extinction coefficient fitting, and all-sky photometry; as well as general-purpose astronomical image processing functions (bias, dark, flat, frame alignment and stacking); It can function as a FITS viewer.

The program can control CCD cameras and telescopes, and implement automatic observation scripting. Cameras are controlled through a hardware-specific server, to which gcx connects through a TCP socket. It generates FITS files with comprehensive header information.

There are three methods to install gcx 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 gcx Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcx

Install gcx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gcx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gcx

Install gcx 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 gcx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gcx

How To Uninstall gcx on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gcx package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gcx

Uninstall gcx And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gcx

Remove gcx Configurations and Data

To remove gcx configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gcx

Remove gcx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gcx

Dependencies

gcx have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpangoft2-1.0-0
• zlib1g

References

• gcx website

Summary

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