How To Install libnexstar0 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnexstar0
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libnexstar0
libnexstar0 is:
This library implements the serial commands supported by the Celestron NexStar hand control (HC) and SkyWatcher/Orion SynScan HC. This applies to the Celestron: NexStar GPS, NexStar GPS-SA, NexStar iSeries, NexStar SE Series, NexStar GT, CPC, SLT, Advanced-VX, Advanced-GT, CGE, CGEM etc. SkyWatcher: EQ5, HEQ5, EQ6 (Pro), AZ-EQ5 GT, AZ-EQ6 GT, EQ8 etc. and the corresponding Orion mounts. This package contains the shared library
There are three methods to install libnexstar0
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnexstar0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnexstar0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnexstar0
Install libnexstar0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnexstar0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnexstar0
Install libnexstar0 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 libnexstar0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnexstar0
How To Uninstall libnexstar0 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libnexstar0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnexstar0
Uninstall libnexstar0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnexstar0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnexstar0
Remove libnexstar0 Configurations and Data
To remove libnexstar0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnexstar0
Remove libnexstar0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnexstar0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnexstar0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnexstar0
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.