How To Install libwcstools1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwcstools1 on Debian 9.
What is libwcstools1
libwcstools1 is:
WCSTools is a set of software utilities, written in C, which create, display and manipulate the world coordinate system of a FITS or IRAF image, using specific keywords in the image header which relate pixel position within the image to position on the sky. Auxiliary programs search star catalogs and manipulate images.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libwcstools1 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwcstools1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwcstools1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwcstools1
Install libwcstools1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwcstools1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwcstools1
Install libwcstools1 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 libwcstools1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwcstools1
How To Uninstall libwcstools1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libwcstools1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwcstools1
Uninstall libwcstools1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwcstools1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwcstools1
Remove libwcstools1 Configurations and Data
To remove libwcstools1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwcstools1
Remove libwcstools1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwcstools1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwcstools1
Dependencies
libwcstools1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwcstools1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.