How To Install aoflagger-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install aoflagger-dev on Kali Linux. aoflagger-dev is Find RFI in radio astronomical observations (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aoflagger-dev on Kali Linux.

What is aoflagger-dev

aoflagger-dev is:

The AOFlagger is a tool that can find and remove radio-frequency interference (RFI) in radio astronomical observations. The code has been highly optimized for speed and accuracy. It is used by default for the LOFAR radio telescope and thus is in productional stage. The software can run in a fully automated way, but a graphical interface is provided to analyse results and tweak the strategy. The preferred input file format is the Casa Measurement Set (MS) format.

This package contains the header file to compile own programs against the library.

There are three methods to install aoflagger-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 aoflagger-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install aoflagger-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aoflagger-dev

Install aoflagger-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aoflagger-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aoflagger-dev

Install aoflagger-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install aoflagger-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aoflagger-dev

How To Uninstall aoflagger-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the aoflagger-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aoflagger-dev

Uninstall aoflagger-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aoflagger-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aoflagger-dev

Remove aoflagger-dev Configurations and Data

To remove aoflagger-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aoflagger-dev

Remove aoflagger-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aoflagger-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aoflagger-dev

Dependencies

aoflagger-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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