How To Install libgnuastro12 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnuastro12 on Kali Linux.

What is libgnuastro12

libgnuastro12 is:

GNU Astronomy Utilities (Gnuastro) is a collection of programs (the gnuastro' package) and librarires (this package along with libgnuastro-dev’) for astronomical data analysis and manipulation. The programs can be run on the command-line for efficient and easy usage and the libraries can be used within C and C++ programs.

This package contains Gnuastro’s shared librarires.

There are three methods to install libgnuastro12 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 libgnuastro12 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnuastro12 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnuastro12

Install libgnuastro12 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnuastro12 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgnuastro12

Install libgnuastro12 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 libgnuastro12 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnuastro12

How To Uninstall libgnuastro12 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgnuastro12 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnuastro12

Uninstall libgnuastro12 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnuastro12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnuastro12

Remove libgnuastro12 Configurations and Data

To remove libgnuastro12 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnuastro12

Remove libgnuastro12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgnuastro12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnuastro12

Dependencies

libgnuastro12 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcfitsio9
• libgit2-1.1
• libgsl25
• libjpeg62-turbo
• libtiff5
• libwcs7

References

• libgnuastro12 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnuastro12 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.