How To Install gnuastro on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gnuastro

gnuastro is:

GNU Astronomy Utilities (Gnuastro) is a collection of programs (this package) and librarires (libgnuastro12', libgnuastro-dev’) for astronomical data analysis and manipulation. The programs can be run on the command-line for efficient and easy usage and the libraries can be used within C and C++ programs.

This package contains Gnuastro’s programs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnuastro

Install gnuastro Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnuastro

Install gnuastro 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 gnuastro using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnuastro

How To Uninstall gnuastro on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnuastro

Uninstall gnuastro And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnuastro

Remove gnuastro Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnuastro

Remove gnuastro configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnuastro

Dependencies

gnuastro have the following dependencies:

• libgnuastro12
• libc6
• libcfitsio9
• libgsl25
• libwcs7

References

• gnuastro website

Summary

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