How To Install libhealpix-cxx-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhealpix-cxx-dev on Debian 10.
What is libhealpix-cxx-dev
libhealpix-cxx-dev is:
HEALPix is an acronym for Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization of a sphere. As suggested in the name, this pixelization produces a subdivision of a spherical surface in which each pixel covers the same surface area as every other pixel. It is commonly used to store all-sky astronomical images, most famously maps of the cosmic microwave background.
This package provides the static library and headers for the C++ language implementation of HEALPix. The C++ library provides input/output, basic spatial operations such as conversion between spherical coordinates and HEALPix pixels, and also sophisticated spatial operations such as querying cones or polygons, as well as upsampling/downsampling, smoothing, and fast spherical harmonic transforms.
There are three methods to install libhealpix-cxx-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libhealpix-cxx-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libhealpix-cxx-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhealpix-cxx-dev
Install libhealpix-cxx-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhealpix-cxx-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhealpix-cxx-dev
Install libhealpix-cxx-dev 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 libhealpix-cxx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhealpix-cxx-dev
How To Uninstall libhealpix-cxx-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libhealpix-cxx-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhealpix-cxx-dev
Uninstall libhealpix-cxx-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhealpix-cxx-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhealpix-cxx-dev
Remove libhealpix-cxx-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhealpix-cxx-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhealpix-cxx-dev
Remove libhealpix-cxx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhealpix-cxx-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhealpix-cxx-dev
Dependencies
libhealpix-cxx-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhealpix-cxx-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.