How To Install python-astropy-affiliated on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astropy-affiliated on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-astropy-affiliated
python-astropy-affiliated is:
A major part of the Astropy project is the concept of “Affiliated Packages”. An affiliated package is an astronomy-related Python package that is not part of the astropy core package, but has requested to be included as part of the Astropy project’s community. These packages are expressing an interest in Astropy’s goals of improving reuse, interoperability, and interface standards for Python astronomy and astrophysics packages.
This metapackage installs all affiliated packages in their Python 2 version.
There are three methods to install python-astropy-affiliated 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 python-astropy-affiliated Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-astropy-affiliated using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-astropy-affiliated
Install python-astropy-affiliated Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-astropy-affiliated using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-astropy-affiliated
Install python-astropy-affiliated 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 python-astropy-affiliated using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-astropy-affiliated
How To Uninstall python-astropy-affiliated on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-astropy-affiliated package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-astropy-affiliated
Uninstall python-astropy-affiliated And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-astropy-affiliated and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-astropy-affiliated
Remove python-astropy-affiliated Configurations and Data
To remove python-astropy-affiliated configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-astropy-affiliated
Remove python-astropy-affiliated configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-astropy-affiliated configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-astropy-affiliated
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astropy-affiliated package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
