How To Install siril on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install siril on Kali Linux.

What is siril

siril is:

Siril is an image processing tool specially tailored for noise reduction and improving the signal/noise ratio of an image from multiple captures, as required in astronomy. Siril can align automatically or manually, stack and enhance pictures from various file formats, even images sequences (movies and SER files).

There are three methods to install siril 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 siril Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install siril

Install siril Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install siril using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install siril

Install siril 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 siril using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install siril

How To Uninstall siril on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the siril package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove siril

Uninstall siril And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove siril

Remove siril Configurations and Data

To remove siril configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge siril

Remove siril configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge siril

Dependencies

siril have the following dependencies:

• libavcodec58

References

• siril website

Summary

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