How To Install python3-astroquery on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-astroquery on Kali Linux. python3-astroquery is Python online astronomical database querying (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-astroquery on Kali Linux.

What is python3-astroquery

python3-astroquery is:

Astroquery is a set of Python tools for querying astronomical web forms and databases.

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python3-astroquery on Kali Linux. 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-astroquery 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-astroquery using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-astroquery

Install python3-astroquery Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-astroquery using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-astroquery

Install python3-astroquery Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-astroquery using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-astroquery

How To Uninstall python3-astroquery on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-astroquery package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-astroquery

Uninstall python3-astroquery And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-astroquery and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-astroquery

Remove python3-astroquery Configurations and Data

To remove python3-astroquery configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-astroquery

Remove python3-astroquery configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-astroquery configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-astroquery

Dependencies

python3-astroquery have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-astroquery package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.