How To Install iraf-fitsutil on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iraf-fitsutil
on Debian 10.
What is iraf-fitsutil
iraf-fitsutil is:
Several tasks to operate of FITS files and extensions from within IRAF, like copying, extension extraction, conversion etc.
The following tasks are available:
- fgread: Read a FITS file with FOREIGN extensions
- fgwrite: Create a FITS file with FOREIGN extensions
- funpack: Uncompress a FITS file
- fxconvert: Convert between IRAF image types.
- fxcopy: Copy FITS files or FITS extension to an output FITS file
- fxdelete: Delete FITS extensions in place
- fxdummyh: Create a dataless single FITS file
- fxextract: Extract a FITS extension
- fxheader: List one line of header description per FITS unit
- fxinsert: Insert FITS files or extensions into another FITS file
- fxplf: Converts a pixel list file into a BINTABLE extension
- fxsplit: Split a multiple extension FITS file into single FITS files
- ricepack: Rice compress a FITS file
- sum32: Compute the 32-bit FITS 1’s complement checksum
There are three methods to install iraf-fitsutil
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install iraf-fitsutil Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install iraf-fitsutil
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install iraf-fitsutil Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install iraf-fitsutil
using apt
by running the following command:
Install iraf-fitsutil 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.
After updating apt database, We can install iraf-fitsutil
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall iraf-fitsutil on Debian 10
To uninstall only the iraf-fitsutil
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall iraf-fitsutil And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iraf-fitsutil
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
Remove iraf-fitsutil Configurations and Data
To remove iraf-fitsutil
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
Remove iraf-fitsutil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iraf-fitsutil
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
iraf-fitsutil have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iraf-fitsutil
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.