How To Install skyview-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install skyview-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is skyview-java
skyview-java is:
SkyView is a “virtual” observatory dynamically generating images of the sky in different wavelength regimes from a static image database. SkyView is intended as a quick look facility to see the heavens.
This package includes the Java library.
There are three methods to install skyview-java 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 skyview-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install skyview-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install skyview-java
Install skyview-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install skyview-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install skyview-java
Install skyview-java 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 skyview-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install skyview-java
How To Uninstall skyview-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the skyview-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove skyview-java
Uninstall skyview-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall skyview-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove skyview-java
Remove skyview-java Configurations and Data
To remove skyview-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge skyview-java
Remove skyview-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove skyview-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skyview-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install skyview-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
