How To Install wcstools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcstools on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wcstools

Remove wcstools Configurations and Data

To remove wcstools configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libwcstools1
• libc6

References

• wcstools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wcstools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.