How To Install astrometry.net on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install astrometry.net on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is astrometry.net
astrometry.net is:
The astrometry engine will take any image and return the astrometry world coordinate system (WCS), a standards-based description of the transformation between image coordinates and sky coordinates.
There are three methods to install astrometry.net on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install astrometry.net Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install astrometry.net using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install astrometry.net
Install astrometry.net Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install astrometry.net using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install astrometry.net
Install astrometry.net 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 astrometry.net using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install astrometry.net
How To Uninstall astrometry.net on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the astrometry.net package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove astrometry.net
Uninstall astrometry.net And Its Dependencies
To uninstall astrometry.net and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove astrometry.net
Remove astrometry.net Configurations and Data
To remove astrometry.net configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge astrometry.net
Remove astrometry.net configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove astrometry.net configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge astrometry.net
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install astrometry.net package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
