How To Install libcasa-casa2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-casa2
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcasa-casa2
libcasa-casa2 is:
The casacore package contains the core libraries of the old AIPS++/CASA (Common Astronomy Software Applications) package. This split was made to get a better separation of core libraries and applications.
This package contains the Core modules: Multi-dimensional arrays, Quantities (values with physical units), OS and IO interface classes, Containers (from pre-STL era), Miscellaneous modules for exceptions, tasking interface, command line input, logging, STL wrappers, and basic math classes and functors.
Most of the code has been developed before STL came into existence, so several classes in modules Containers and Utilities are superseded by their STL counterparts. However, they are still used in some casacore code. Furthermore, some classes offer some extra functionality compared to STL.
There are three methods to install libcasa-casa2
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcasa-casa2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcasa-casa2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcasa-casa2
Install libcasa-casa2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcasa-casa2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcasa-casa2
Install libcasa-casa2 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcasa-casa2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcasa-casa2
How To Uninstall libcasa-casa2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcasa-casa2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcasa-casa2
Uninstall libcasa-casa2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcasa-casa2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcasa-casa2
Remove libcasa-casa2 Configurations and Data
To remove libcasa-casa2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcasa-casa2
Remove libcasa-casa2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcasa-casa2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcasa-casa2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-casa2
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.