How To Install astro-viewers on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-viewers on Ubuntu 22.04. astro-viewers is Interactive astronomical data viewers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-viewers on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is astro-viewers

astro-viewers is:

This metapackage will install software for the interactive visual inspection of astronomical data. Note that Python packages can be used for interactive inspection as well within the ipython environment.

There are three methods to install astro-viewers 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 astro-viewers Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install astro-viewers using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install astro-viewers

Install astro-viewers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install astro-viewers using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install astro-viewers

Install astro-viewers 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 astro-viewers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install astro-viewers

How To Uninstall astro-viewers on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the astro-viewers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove astro-viewers

Uninstall astro-viewers And Its Dependencies

To uninstall astro-viewers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove astro-viewers

Remove astro-viewers Configurations and Data

To remove astro-viewers configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge astro-viewers

Remove astro-viewers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove astro-viewers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge astro-viewers

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install astro-viewers package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.