How To Install iraf-wcstools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iraf-wcstools
on Debian 12.
What is iraf-wcstools
iraf-wcstools is:
WCSTools is a set of software utilities, written in C, which create, display and manipulate the world coordinate system of a FITS or IRAF image, using specific keywords in the image header which relate pixel position within the image to position on the sky. Auxiliary programs search star catalogs and manipulate images.
This package contains the IRAF package.
There are three methods to install iraf-wcstools
on Debian 12. 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-wcstools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iraf-wcstools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iraf-wcstools
Install iraf-wcstools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iraf-wcstools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iraf-wcstools
Install iraf-wcstools 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.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install iraf-wcstools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iraf-wcstools
How To Uninstall iraf-wcstools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the iraf-wcstools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iraf-wcstools
Uninstall iraf-wcstools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iraf-wcstools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iraf-wcstools
Remove iraf-wcstools Configurations and Data
To remove iraf-wcstools
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iraf-wcstools
Remove iraf-wcstools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iraf-wcstools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iraf-wcstools
Dependencies
iraf-wcstools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iraf-wcstools
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.