How To Install yorick-cubeview on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-cubeview on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is yorick-cubeview
yorick-cubeview is:
Cubeview is a viewer for 3D data store in FITS files, a file format extensively used among astronomers. It is specialized in displaying spectro-imaging data but can be used to do basic visualization on any FITS file containing a 3D array.
Cubeview features a stand-alone graphical user interface which adheres to the GTK+ look-and-feel. Being written in Yorick, it is inherently scriptable. A system of hooks allows custom actions to be repeated automatically when certain events occur.
There are three methods to install yorick-cubeview on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install yorick-cubeview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yorick-cubeview using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yorick-cubeview
Install yorick-cubeview Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yorick-cubeview using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yorick-cubeview
Install yorick-cubeview 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 yorick-cubeview using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yorick-cubeview
How To Uninstall yorick-cubeview on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the yorick-cubeview package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yorick-cubeview
Uninstall yorick-cubeview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yorick-cubeview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-cubeview
Remove yorick-cubeview Configurations and Data
To remove yorick-cubeview configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-cubeview
Remove yorick-cubeview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yorick-cubeview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick-cubeview
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-cubeview package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
