How To Install libcasa-images2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-images2
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcasa-images2
libcasa-images2 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 implements n-dimensional images with masks, coordinates, and history.
There are three methods to install libcasa-images2
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-images2 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-images2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcasa-images2
Install libcasa-images2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcasa-images2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcasa-images2
Install libcasa-images2 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-images2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcasa-images2
How To Uninstall libcasa-images2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcasa-images2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcasa-images2
Uninstall libcasa-images2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcasa-images2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcasa-images2
Remove libcasa-images2 Configurations and Data
To remove libcasa-images2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcasa-images2
Remove libcasa-images2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcasa-images2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcasa-images2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-images2
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.