How To Install cpl-plugin-visir on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cpl-plugin-visir on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cpl-plugin-visir
cpl-plugin-visir is:
This is the data reduction pipeline for the Visir instrument of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
The VLT spectrometer and imager for the mid-infrared (VISIR) was built by CEA/DAPNIA/SAP and NFRA/ASTRON, and is located at the Cassegrain focus of UT3. It provides diffraction-limited imaging at high sensitivity in the two mid infrared (MIR) atmospheric windows: the N band between 8 to 13μm and the Q band between 16.5 and 24.5μm, respectively. In addition, it features a long-slitspectrometer with a range of spectral resolutions between 150 and 30000.
There are three methods to install cpl-plugin-visir 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-visir 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-visir using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cpl-plugin-visir
Install cpl-plugin-visir Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cpl-plugin-visir using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cpl-plugin-visir
Install cpl-plugin-visir 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-visir using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cpl-plugin-visir
How To Uninstall cpl-plugin-visir on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cpl-plugin-visir package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cpl-plugin-visir
Uninstall cpl-plugin-visir And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cpl-plugin-visir 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-visir
Remove cpl-plugin-visir Configurations and Data
To remove cpl-plugin-visir configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cpl-plugin-visir
Remove cpl-plugin-visir configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cpl-plugin-visir configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpl-plugin-visir
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cpl-plugin-visir package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
