How to Install and Uninstall libcfitsio-bin Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libcfitsio-bin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libcfitsio-bin on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libcfitsio-bin" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libcfitsio-bin on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcfitsio-bin package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libcfitsio-bin
Source: cfitsio
Version: 4.2.0-3
Installed-Size: 238
Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcfitsio10 (>= 4.2.0~)
Description: CFITSIO based utilities
Description-md5: 9ee658ca804c9a6f49e3fe88d5a212cc
Homepage: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cfitsio/libcfitsio-bin_4.2.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 110020
MD5sum: 602103271d9537b760dad56983e882b9
SHA256: 193776793368d08b325895392ce7616ec17dfeef136e3e4bcd7d636f0082fdaa