How To Install astro-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. astro-tools is Astronomy tools and utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is astro-tools

astro-tools is:

This metapackage will install small tools provided by Debian Astronomy packages. These tools handle smaller tasks, mainly dealing with FITS files.

There are three methods to install astro-tools 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 astro-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install astro-tools

Install astro-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install astro-tools

Install astro-tools 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 astro-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install astro-tools

How To Uninstall astro-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the astro-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove astro-tools

Uninstall astro-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall astro-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove astro-tools

Remove astro-tools Configurations and Data

To remove astro-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge astro-tools

Remove astro-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge astro-tools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.