How To Install libcasa-measures5 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-measures5 on Kali Linux.
What is libcasa-measures5
libcasa-measures5 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-measures5 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 libcasa-measures5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcasa-measures5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcasa-measures5Install libcasa-measures5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcasa-measures5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcasa-measures5Install libcasa-measures5 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 libcasa-measures5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcasa-measures5How To Uninstall libcasa-measures5 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libcasa-measures5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcasa-measures5Uninstall libcasa-measures5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcasa-measures5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcasa-measures5Remove libcasa-measures5 Configurations and Data
To remove libcasa-measures5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcasa-measures5Remove libcasa-measures5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcasa-measures5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcasa-measures5Dependencies
libcasa-measures5 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcasa-measures5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.