How To Install python-wcsaxes on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wcsaxes on Debian 9. python-wcsaxes is Framework for plotting astronomical and geospatial data (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wcsaxes on Debian 9.

What is python-wcsaxes

python-wcsaxes is:

WCSAxes is a framework for making plots of Astronomical data in Matplotlib. It is affiliated with the Astropy project and is intended for inclusion in the Astropy package once stable.

This package contains the Python 2 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python-wcsaxes 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 python-wcsaxes 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-wcsaxes using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-wcsaxes

Install python-wcsaxes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-wcsaxes using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-wcsaxes

Install python-wcsaxes 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 python-wcsaxes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-wcsaxes

How To Uninstall python-wcsaxes on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-wcsaxes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-wcsaxes

Uninstall python-wcsaxes And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-wcsaxes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-wcsaxes

Remove python-wcsaxes Configurations and Data

To remove python-wcsaxes configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-wcsaxes

Remove python-wcsaxes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-wcsaxes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-wcsaxes

Dependencies

python-wcsaxes have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wcsaxes package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.