How To Install libwcs7 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwcs7
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libwcs7
libwcs7 is:
WCSLIB is a C library, supplied with a full set of Fortran wrappers, that implements the “World Coordinate System” (WCS) standard in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System).
The FITS data format is widely used within the international astronomical community, from the radio to gamma-ray regimes, for data interchange and archive, and also increasingly as an online format.
This package contains what you need to run programs that use this library.
There are three methods to install libwcs7
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwcs7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwcs7
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwcs7
Install libwcs7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwcs7
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwcs7
Install libwcs7 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 libwcs7
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwcs7
How To Uninstall libwcs7 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libwcs7
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwcs7
Uninstall libwcs7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwcs7
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwcs7
Remove libwcs7 Configurations and Data
To remove libwcs7
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwcs7
Remove libwcs7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwcs7
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwcs7
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwcs7
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.