How To Install casacore-data-sources on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-data-sources on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is casacore-data-sources
casacore-data-sources is:
This package contains a table with the sources that realize the and the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF), as a table for the use with casacore. The ICRF is now the standard reference frame used to define the positions of the planets (including the Earth) and other astronomical objects.
There are three methods to install casacore-data-sources 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 casacore-data-sources Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data-sources using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install casacore-data-sources
Install casacore-data-sources Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install casacore-data-sources using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install casacore-data-sources
Install casacore-data-sources 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 casacore-data-sources using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install casacore-data-sources
How To Uninstall casacore-data-sources on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the casacore-data-sources package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove casacore-data-sources
Uninstall casacore-data-sources And Its Dependencies
To uninstall casacore-data-sources and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove casacore-data-sources
Remove casacore-data-sources Configurations and Data
To remove casacore-data-sources configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge casacore-data-sources
Remove casacore-data-sources configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove casacore-data-sources configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge casacore-data-sources
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install casacore-data-sources package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
