How To Install libcasa-measures2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-measures2 on Debian 9.
What is libcasa-measures2
libcasa-measures2 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 measures (i.e. quantities with references frames) and their persistency. Examples are the Hour-angle and Declination of a source at a certain time and observatory; an Ra/Dec for a certain mean epoch; an apparent frequency at a certain time given in eV; a local sidereal time at an observatory. Measures can be converted from one reference frame to another (and this possibility is its main reason for existence).
There are three methods to install libcasa-measures2 on Debian 9. 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-measures2 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-measures2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcasa-measures2
Install libcasa-measures2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcasa-measures2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcasa-measures2
Install libcasa-measures2 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 libcasa-measures2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcasa-measures2
How To Uninstall libcasa-measures2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libcasa-measures2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcasa-measures2
Uninstall libcasa-measures2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcasa-measures2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcasa-measures2
Remove libcasa-measures2 Configurations and Data
To remove libcasa-measures2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcasa-measures2
Remove libcasa-measures2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcasa-measures2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcasa-measures2
Dependencies
libcasa-measures2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-measures2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.