How To Install libhealpix-cxx0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhealpix-cxx0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libhealpix-cxx0
libhealpix-cxx0 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 dynamic library for the C++ language implementation of HEALPix. It can be used interactively via Python bindings available in a separate package. 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-cxx0 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libhealpix-cxx0 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-cxx0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhealpix-cxx0
Install libhealpix-cxx0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhealpix-cxx0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhealpix-cxx0
Install libhealpix-cxx0 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 libhealpix-cxx0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhealpix-cxx0
How To Uninstall libhealpix-cxx0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libhealpix-cxx0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhealpix-cxx0
Uninstall libhealpix-cxx0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhealpix-cxx0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhealpix-cxx0
Remove libhealpix-cxx0 Configurations and Data
To remove libhealpix-cxx0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhealpix-cxx0
Remove libhealpix-cxx0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhealpix-cxx0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhealpix-cxx0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhealpix-cxx0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
