How To Install iraf-sptable on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iraf-sptable on Kali Linux.
What is iraf-sptable
iraf-sptable is:
The SPTABLE external package contains IRAF spectral tasks intended to support data in various tabular formats. These formats currently include text files and FITS tables (direct support for the VOTable format is still pending) that are increasingly being used to store spectra as multi-column tables of wavelength/frequency and flux in a variety of formats.
There are three methods to install iraf-sptable 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 iraf-sptable Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install iraf-sptable using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iraf-sptableInstall iraf-sptable Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install iraf-sptable using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iraf-sptableInstall iraf-sptable 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install iraf-sptable using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iraf-sptableHow To Uninstall iraf-sptable on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the iraf-sptable package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iraf-sptableUninstall iraf-sptable And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iraf-sptable and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iraf-sptableRemove iraf-sptable Configurations and Data
To remove iraf-sptable configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iraf-sptableRemove iraf-sptable configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iraf-sptable configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iraf-sptableDependencies
iraf-sptable have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iraf-sptable package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
