How To Install libcfitsio-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libcfitsio-doc
libcfitsio-doc 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 the CFITSIO User’s Guide and QuickStart Guide in html, postscript and text formats, and contains documentation on how to use the library in your programs. It also contains example source files that demonstrate the use of CFITSIO.
There are three methods to install libcfitsio-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcfitsio-doc
Install libcfitsio-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcfitsio-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcfitsio-doc
Install libcfitsio-doc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcfitsio-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcfitsio-doc
How To Uninstall libcfitsio-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libcfitsio-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcfitsio-doc
Uninstall libcfitsio-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcfitsio-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcfitsio-doc
Remove libcfitsio-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libcfitsio-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcfitsio-doc
Remove libcfitsio-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcfitsio-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcfitsio-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.