How To Install sourcextractor++ on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sourcextractor++ on CentOS 7.

What is sourcextractor++

sourcextractor++ is a program that extracts a catalog of sources from astronomical images. It is the successor to the original SExtractor package.

We can use yum or dnf to install sourcextractor++ on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sourcextractor++.

Install sourcextractor++ on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install sourcextractor++ using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sourcextractor++

Install sourcextractor++ on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install sourcextractor++ using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sourcextractor++

How To Uninstall sourcextractor++ on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the sourcextractor++ package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sourcextractor++

References

• sourcextractor++ website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sourcextractor++ on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.