How To Install libcfitsio-bin on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio-bin on Debian 12.

What is libcfitsio-bin

libcfitsio-bin is:

FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is a data format most used in astronomy. cfitsio is a library of ANSI C routines for reading and writing FITS format data files. A set of Fortran-callable wrapper routines are also included for the convenience of Fortran programmers.

This package contains utility programs, based on CFITSIO, namely fitscopy, fpack and funpack.

There are three methods to install libcfitsio-bin on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcfitsio-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcfitsio-bin

Install libcfitsio-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcfitsio-bin

Install libcfitsio-bin 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 libcfitsio-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcfitsio-bin

How To Uninstall libcfitsio-bin on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libcfitsio-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcfitsio-bin

Uninstall libcfitsio-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcfitsio-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcfitsio-bin

Remove libcfitsio-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libcfitsio-bin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcfitsio-bin

Remove libcfitsio-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcfitsio-bin

Dependencies

libcfitsio-bin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcfitsio10

References

• libcfitsio-bin website
• libcfitsio-bin on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio-bin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.