How To Install qfitsview on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qfitsview on Kali Linux.
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 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 qfitsview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qfitsview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qfitsviewInstall qfitsview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qfitsview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qfitsviewInstall qfitsview 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qfitsview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qfitsviewHow To Uninstall qfitsview on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qfitsview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qfitsviewUninstall qfitsview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qfitsview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qfitsviewRemove qfitsview Configurations and Data
To remove qfitsview configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qfitsviewRemove 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 qfitsviewDependencies
qfitsview have the following dependencies:
- g++
- libc6-dev
- libc6
- libcpgplot0
- libfftw3-double3
- libgcc-s1
- libgsl25
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5datavisualization5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
- libxpa1
- zlib1g
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qfitsview package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.