How To Install tcl-funtools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-funtools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is tcl-funtools
tcl-funtools is:
Funtools, is a “minimal buy-in” FITS library and utility package developed at the High Energy Astrophysics Division of SAO. The Funtools library provides simplified access to a wide array of file types: standard astronomical FITS images and binary tables, raw arrays and binary event lists, and even tables of ASCII column data. A sophisticated region filtering library (compatible with ds9) filters images and tables using boolean operations between geometric shapes, support world coordinates, etc. Funtools also supports advanced capabilities such as optimized data searching using index files.
This package contains the Tcl interface.
There are three methods to install tcl-funtools
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tcl-funtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-funtools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tcl-funtools
Install tcl-funtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tcl-funtools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tcl-funtools
Install tcl-funtools 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 tcl-funtools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tcl-funtools
How To Uninstall tcl-funtools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the tcl-funtools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tcl-funtools
Uninstall tcl-funtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tcl-funtools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcl-funtools
Remove tcl-funtools Configurations and Data
To remove tcl-funtools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tcl-funtools
Remove tcl-funtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tcl-funtools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcl-funtools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tcl-funtools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.