How To Install wcslib-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wcslib-dev on Kali Linux.
What is wcslib-dev
wcslib-dev is:
WCSLIB is a C library, supplied with a full set of Fortran wrappers, that implements the “World Coordinate System” (WCS) standard in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System).
PGSBOX draws and labels a curvilinear coordinate grid. The caller must provide a separate external function, NLFUNC, to define the non-linear coordinate transformation.
This package contains the static libraries and the C header files.
There are three methods to install wcslib-dev 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 wcslib-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wcslib-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wcslib-devInstall wcslib-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install wcslib-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wcslib-devInstall wcslib-dev 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 wcslib-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wcslib-devHow To Uninstall wcslib-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the wcslib-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wcslib-devUninstall wcslib-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wcslib-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wcslib-devRemove wcslib-dev Configurations and Data
To remove wcslib-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wcslib-devRemove wcslib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wcslib-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wcslib-devDependencies
wcslib-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wcslib-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.