How To Install casacore-data-lines on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-data-lines on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is casacore-data-lines
casacore-data-lines is:
This package contains a table with the spectral line frequencies for the use with casacore.
Currently, this list is limited to 18 lines between 0.3 and ~5 GHz that originally came from AIPS++.
There are three methods to install casacore-data-lines 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 casacore-data-lines Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data-lines using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install casacore-data-lines
Install casacore-data-lines Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data-lines using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install casacore-data-lines
Install casacore-data-lines 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 casacore-data-lines using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install casacore-data-lines
How To Uninstall casacore-data-lines on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the casacore-data-lines package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove casacore-data-lines
Uninstall casacore-data-lines And Its Dependencies
To uninstall casacore-data-lines and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove casacore-data-lines
Remove casacore-data-lines Configurations and Data
To remove casacore-data-lines configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge casacore-data-lines
Remove casacore-data-lines configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove casacore-data-lines configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge casacore-data-lines
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-data-lines package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
