How To Install libwcstools1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwcstools1 on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwcstools1

Remove libwcstools1 Configurations and Data

To remove libwcstools1 configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• libwcstools1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwcstools1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.