How to Install and Uninstall iraf Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the iraf on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "iraf" package

Please follow the guidance below to install iraf on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "iraf" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall iraf on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iraf package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: iraf
Version: 2.17-4
Installed-Size: 32517
Maintainer: Debian Astro Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcfitsio10 (>= 4.2.0~), libcurl4 (>= 7.16.2), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Recommends: iraf-noao, saods9 | ximtool, xgterm | python3-pyraf | xterm
Suggests: iraf-dev
Description: Image Reduction and Analysis Facility
Description-md5: 6c55b8d0405360237049c296582d2c11
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://iraf-community.github.io
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/iraf/iraf_2.17-4_amd64.deb
Size: 7105304
MD5sum: b06599b70662fad2517d042af4516ddf
SHA256: 444810c998db14dffc9da5629c1432e16e5e0f46cddc911c25cd3cd7d24a57d0