How To Install tksao on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tksao on Kali Linux.
What is tksao
tksao is:
SAOTk is an integrated set of Tcl/Tk canvas widgets for astronomical imaging and data visualization. The widget set is composed of the Frame, Panner, Magnifier, and Colorbar widgets. In addition to classical support for imaging FITS data, manipulating colormaps, region marking, coordinate readout (including WCS), etc, SAOTk widgets also support arbitrary image scaling and rotation, advanced postscript printing, Truecolor graphic support, and image mosaics.
The SAOTk widgets are being used in a wide variety of astronomical applications. These applications include general visualization and analysis, real-time instrumentation and calibration, and interactive modeling. These Tcl extensions can be utilized in any standard Tcl/Tk environment to build custom data analysis and visualization applications.
There are three methods to install tksao 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 tksao Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tksao using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tksaoInstall tksao Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tksao using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tksaoInstall tksao 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tksao using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tksaoHow To Uninstall tksao on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the tksao package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tksaoUninstall tksao And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tksao and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tksaoRemove tksao Configurations and Data
To remove tksao configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tksaoRemove tksao configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tksao configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tksaoDependencies
tksao have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tksao package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
