Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install astropy-utils on Kali Linux.
What is astropy-utils
astropy-utils is:
The astropy package contains core functionality and some common tools
needed for performing astronomy and astrophysics research with Python.
This package contains the tools that come with astropy:
- fitscheck: Detect and fix FITS standards violations
- fits2bitmap: Create a bitmap file from a FITS image.
- fitsdiff: Compare two FITS image files and report the differences in
header keywords and data. - fitsheader: Print the header(s) of one or more FITS file(s) to the
standard output in a human-readable format. - samp_hub: SAMP Hub Server.
- volint: Check a VOTable file for compliance to the VOTable specification
- wcslint: Check the WCS keywords in a FITS file for compliance against
the standards
There are three methods to install astropy-utils on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install astropy-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install astropy-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install astropy-utilsInstall astropy-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install astropy-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install astropy-utilsInstall astropy-utils Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install astropy-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install astropy-utils
How To Uninstall astropy-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the astropy-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove astropy-utils
Uninstall astropy-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall astropy-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove astropy-utils
Remove astropy-utils Configurations and Data
To remove astropy-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge astropy-utils
Remove astropy-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove astropy-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge astropy-utils
Dependencies
astropy-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install astropy-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
