How To Install wcstools on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wcstools
on Debian 11.
What is wcstools
wcstools is:
WCSTools is a set of software utilities, written in C, which create, display and manipulate the world coordinate system of a FITS or IRAF image, using specific keywords in the image header which relate pixel position within the image to position on the sky. Auxiliary programs search star catalogs and manipulate images.
This package contains the binary tools.
There are three methods to install wcstools
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wcstools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wcstools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wcstools
Install wcstools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wcstools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wcstools
Install wcstools 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 wcstools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wcstools
How To Uninstall wcstools on Debian 11
To uninstall only the wcstools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wcstools
Uninstall wcstools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wcstools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wcstools
Remove wcstools Configurations and Data
To remove wcstools
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wcstools
Remove wcstools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wcstools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wcstools
Dependencies
wcstools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wcstools
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.