How To Install libcfitsio-bin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio-bin on Debian 9.
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 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 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio-bin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.