Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install astromatic on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is astromatic
astromatic is:
AstrOmatic software is meant to be run in batch mode on large quantities of
data, mostly on Unix platforms, with minimum human intervention. It is
currently in use in various image survey pipelines including TERAPIX, the
Dark-Energy Survey Data Management system, and Astro-WISE.
This metapackage will install all software from AstrOmatic.net that is
packaged for Debian.
There are three methods to install astromatic 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 astromatic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install astromatic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install astromatic
Install astromatic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install astromatic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install astromatic
Install astromatic 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 astromatic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install astromatic
How To Uninstall astromatic on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the astromatic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove astromatic
Uninstall astromatic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall astromatic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove astromatic
Remove astromatic Configurations and Data
To remove astromatic configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge astromatic
Remove astromatic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove astromatic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge astromatic
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install astromatic package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
