How To Install libfits-java on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfits-java on Debian 9.

What is libfits-java

libfits-java is:

FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is the standard data format in astronomy used for the transport, analysis, and archival storage of scientific data sets.

This library provides efficient I/O for FITS images and binary tables. All basic FITS formats and gzip compressed files are supported.

There are three methods to install libfits-java 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 libfits-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfits-java

Install libfits-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfits-java

Install libfits-java 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 libfits-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfits-java

How To Uninstall libfits-java on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libfits-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfits-java

Uninstall libfits-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfits-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfits-java

Remove libfits-java Configurations and Data

To remove libfits-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfits-java

Remove libfits-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfits-java

Dependencies

libfits-java have the following dependencies:

• libcommons-compress-java

References

• libfits-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfits-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.