How To Install python3-astlib on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-astlib on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-astlib
python3-astlib is:
astLib is a set of Python3 modules that provides some tools for research astronomers. It can be used for astronomical plots, some statistics, common calculations, coordinate conversions, and manipulating FITS images with World Coordinate System (WCS) information through PyWCSTools - a simple wrapping of WCSTools by Jessica Mink. PyWCSTools is distributed (and developed) as part of astLib.
There are three methods to install python3-astlib 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 python3-astlib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-astlib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-astlib
Install python3-astlib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-astlib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-astlib
Install python3-astlib 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 python3-astlib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-astlib
How To Uninstall python3-astlib on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-astlib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-astlib
Uninstall python3-astlib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-astlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-astlib
Remove python3-astlib Configurations and Data
To remove python3-astlib configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-astlib
Remove python3-astlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-astlib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-astlib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-astlib package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
