How To Install eso-midas on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eso-midas on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eso-midas
eso-midas is:
The ESO-MIDAS system provides general tools for image processing and data reduction with emphasis on astronomical applications including imaging and special reduction packages for ESO instrumentation at La Silla and the VLT at Paranal. In addition it contains applications packages for stellar and surface photometry, image sharpening and decomposition, statistics and various others.
There are three methods to install eso-midas 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 eso-midas Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eso-midas using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eso-midas
Install eso-midas Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eso-midas using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eso-midas
Install eso-midas 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 eso-midas using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eso-midas
How To Uninstall eso-midas on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eso-midas package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eso-midas
Uninstall eso-midas And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eso-midas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eso-midas
Remove eso-midas Configurations and Data
To remove eso-midas configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eso-midas
Remove eso-midas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eso-midas configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eso-midas
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eso-midas package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
