How To Install libcfitsio9 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio9 on Kali Linux.

What is libcfitsio9

libcfitsio9 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 libcfitsio9 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcfitsio9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcfitsio9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcfitsio9

Install libcfitsio9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcfitsio9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcfitsio9

Install libcfitsio9 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcfitsio9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcfitsio9

How To Uninstall libcfitsio9 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcfitsio9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcfitsio9

Uninstall libcfitsio9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcfitsio9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcfitsio9

Remove libcfitsio9 Configurations and Data

To remove libcfitsio9 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcfitsio9

Remove libcfitsio9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcfitsio9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcfitsio9

Dependencies

libcfitsio9 have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• zlib1g

References

• libcfitsio9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcfitsio9 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.