How To Install swarp on Debian 10

Learn how to install swarp on Debian 10 with this tutorial. swarp is Resample and co-add together FITS images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install swarp on Debian 10.

What is swarp

swarp is:

Resample and co-add together FITS images using any arbitrary astrometric projection defined in the WCS standard. The main features of SWarp are:

  • FITS format (including multi-extensions) in input and output,
  • Full handling of weight-maps in input and output,
  • Ability to work with very large images (up to 500 Mpixels on 32-bit machines and 10^6 Tpixels with 64-bits), thanks to customized virtual-memory-mapping and buffering,
  • Works with arrays in up to 9 dimensions (including or not two spherical coordinates),
  • Selectable high-order interpolation method (up to 8-tap filters) in any dimension,
  • Compatible with WCS and TNX (IRAF) astrometric descriptions,
  • Support for equatorial, galactic and equatorial coordinate systems,
  • Astrometric and photometric parameters are read from FITS headers or external ASCIIfiles,
  • Built-in background subtraction,
  • Built-in noise-level measurement for automatic weighting,
  • Automatic centering and sizing functions of the output field,
  • Multi-threaded code with load-balancing to take advantageof multiple processors.
  • XML VOTable-compliant output of meta-data.

There are three methods to install swarp on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install swarp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install swarp

Install swarp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install swarp

Install swarp 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install swarp

How To Uninstall swarp on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove swarp

Uninstall swarp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall swarp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove swarp

Remove swarp Configurations and Data

To remove swarp configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge swarp

Remove swarp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swarp

Dependencies

swarp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install swarp package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.