How To Install libcfitsio8 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio8 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libcfitsio8
libcfitsio8 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. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics
There are three methods to install libcfitsio8 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcfitsio8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcfitsio8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcfitsio8
Install libcfitsio8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcfitsio8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcfitsio8
Install libcfitsio8 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 libcfitsio8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcfitsio8
How To Uninstall libcfitsio8 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libcfitsio8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcfitsio8
Uninstall libcfitsio8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcfitsio8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcfitsio8
Remove libcfitsio8 Configurations and Data
To remove libcfitsio8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcfitsio8
Remove libcfitsio8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcfitsio8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcfitsio8
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio8 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.