How To Install python-astropy on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astropy on CentOS 7.
What is python-astropy
The Astropy project is a common effort to develop a single core package for Astronomy. Major packages such as PyFITS, PyWCS, vo, and asciitable already merged in, and many more components being worked on. In particular, we are developing imaging, photometric, and spectroscopic functionality, as well as frameworks for cosmology, unit handling, and coordinate transformations.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-astropy on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-astropy.
Install python-astropy on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python-astropy using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-astropy
Install python-astropy on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python-astropy using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-astropy
How To Uninstall python-astropy on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-astropy package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-astropy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astropy on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
