How To Install libccfits0v5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libccfits0v5 on Kali Linux.

What is libccfits0v5

libccfits0v5 is:

CCfits is an object oriented interface to the cfitsio library. It is designed to make the capabilities of cfitsio available to programmers working in C++. It is written in ANSI C++ and implemented using the C++ Standard Library with namespaces, exception handling, and member template functions.

This package contains what you need to run programs that use this library.

There are three methods to install libccfits0v5 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 libccfits0v5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libccfits0v5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libccfits0v5

Install libccfits0v5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libccfits0v5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libccfits0v5

Install libccfits0v5 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libccfits0v5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libccfits0v5

How To Uninstall libccfits0v5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libccfits0v5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libccfits0v5

Uninstall libccfits0v5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libccfits0v5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libccfits0v5

Remove libccfits0v5 Configurations and Data

To remove libccfits0v5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libccfits0v5

Remove libccfits0v5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libccfits0v5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libccfits0v5

Dependencies

libccfits0v5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcfitsio9
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• libccfits0v5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libccfits0v5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.