How To Install libcfitsio10 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio10 on Debian 12.
What is libcfitsio10
libcfitsio10 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 what you need to run programs that use this library.
There are three methods to install libcfitsio10 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 libcfitsio10 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcfitsio10 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcfitsio10
Install libcfitsio10 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcfitsio10 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcfitsio10
Install libcfitsio10 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 libcfitsio10 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcfitsio10
How To Uninstall libcfitsio10 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcfitsio10 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcfitsio10
Uninstall libcfitsio10 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcfitsio10 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcfitsio10
Remove libcfitsio10 Configurations and Data
To remove libcfitsio10 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcfitsio10
Remove libcfitsio10 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcfitsio10 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcfitsio10
Dependencies
libcfitsio10 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio10 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
