How To Install qfitsview on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qfitsview on Debian 10.
What is qfitsview
qfitsview is:
QFitsView is a FITS file viewer based on DPUSER. In addition to displaying two-dimensional images, it also provides means to explore three-dimensional data cubes. It integrates the functionality of DPUSER which can be accessed directly out of QFitsView.
Note that this package was compiled with the giza library instead of PGPLOT, since the latter is non-free software.
There are three methods to install qfitsview on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qfitsview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qfitsview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qfitsview
Install qfitsview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qfitsview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qfitsview
Install qfitsview 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 qfitsview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qfitsview
How To Uninstall qfitsview on Debian 10
To uninstall only the qfitsview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qfitsview
Uninstall qfitsview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qfitsview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qfitsview
Remove qfitsview Configurations and Data
To remove qfitsview configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qfitsview
Remove qfitsview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qfitsview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qfitsview
Dependencies
qfitsview have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qfitsview package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.