How To Install python-wcsaxes on Debian 9
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.