How To Install science-astronomy-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-astronomy-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is science-astronomy-dev
science-astronomy-dev is:
Debian-Astro is now a separate Debian Pure Blend and allows a fine-grained control on the topics to install. To ease the transition, this package will install all development related tasks from Debian-Astro.
There are three methods to install science-astronomy-dev 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 science-astronomy-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install science-astronomy-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install science-astronomy-dev
Install science-astronomy-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install science-astronomy-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install science-astronomy-dev
Install science-astronomy-dev 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 science-astronomy-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install science-astronomy-dev
How To Uninstall science-astronomy-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the science-astronomy-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove science-astronomy-dev
Uninstall science-astronomy-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall science-astronomy-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-astronomy-dev
Remove science-astronomy-dev Configurations and Data
To remove science-astronomy-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge science-astronomy-dev
Remove science-astronomy-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove science-astronomy-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-astronomy-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install science-astronomy-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
