How To Install healpy-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install healpy-data on Kali Linux.

What is healpy-data

healpy-data is:

HEALPix is an acronym for Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization of a sphere. As suggested in the name, this pixelization produces a subdivision of a spherical surface in which each pixel covers the same surface area as every other pixel. It is commonly used to store all-sky astronomical images, most famously maps of the cosmic microwave background.

This package provides platform-independent data and test files for the Python wrapper around the C++ implementation of HEALPix.

There are three methods to install healpy-data 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 healpy-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install healpy-data

Install healpy-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install healpy-data

Install healpy-data 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 healpy-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install healpy-data

How To Uninstall healpy-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the healpy-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove healpy-data

Uninstall healpy-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove healpy-data

Remove healpy-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge healpy-data

Remove healpy-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge healpy-data

Dependencies

healpy-data have the following dependencies:

References

• healpy-data website

Summary

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