How To Install qfitsview on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qfitsview
on Debian 9.
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 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 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.