How To Install cpl-plugin-sinfo on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpl-plugin-sinfo on Ubuntu 18.04. cpl-plugin-sinfo is ESO data reduction pipeline for the SINFONI instrument

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cpl-plugin-sinfo on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is cpl-plugin-sinfo

cpl-plugin-sinfo is:

This is the data reduction pipeline for the SINFONI instrument of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).

SINFONI is a near-infrared (1.1 - 2.45 µm) integral field spectrograph fed by an adaptive optics module, currently installed at the Cassegrain focus of UT4. The spectrograph operates with 4 gratings (J, H, K, H+K) providing a spectral resolution around 2000, 3000, 4000 in J, H, K, respectively, and 1500 in H+K - each wavelength band fitting fully on the 2048 pixels of the Hawaii 2RG (2kx2k) detector in the dispersion direction. The spatial resolution is selectable from 0.25", 0.1" to 0.025" per image slice, which corresponds to a field-of-view of 8"x8", 3"x3", or 0.8"x0.8" respectively. The instrument can be also used for seeing limited open loop observations.

There are three methods to install cpl-plugin-sinfo 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 cpl-plugin-sinfo Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cpl-plugin-sinfo using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cpl-plugin-sinfo

Install cpl-plugin-sinfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cpl-plugin-sinfo using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cpl-plugin-sinfo

Install cpl-plugin-sinfo 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 cpl-plugin-sinfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cpl-plugin-sinfo

How To Uninstall cpl-plugin-sinfo on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the cpl-plugin-sinfo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cpl-plugin-sinfo

Uninstall cpl-plugin-sinfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpl-plugin-sinfo

Remove cpl-plugin-sinfo Configurations and Data

To remove cpl-plugin-sinfo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cpl-plugin-sinfo

Remove cpl-plugin-sinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cpl-plugin-sinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpl-plugin-sinfo

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Summary

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