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

Last updated: March 13,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "skycat" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install skycat on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall skycat 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 skycat package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: skycat
Source: skycat (3.1.2+starlink1~b+dfsg-7)
Version: 3.1.2+starlink1~b+dfsg-7+b2
Installed-Size: 3146
Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: blt, iwidgets4, libtk-img, tcl-expect, tcl8.6, tk8.6, libc6 (>= 2.35), libcfitsio10 (>= 4.2.0~), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libwcstools1 (>= 3.8.4), libx11-6, libxext6, tk8.6-blt2.5 (>= 2.5.3)
Description: Image visualization and access to catalogs and data for astronomy
Description-md5: 91c72ae3b5baaa7e3345d9909ab19e27
Homepage: http://archive.eso.org/cms/tools-documentation/skycat.html
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/skycat/skycat_3.1.2+starlink1~b+dfsg-7+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 689032
MD5sum: 3da1f3ea19cbe3000b218307ce91bfcc
SHA256: 613dbbfeeb79bd3891bccc7fbc98245fb9213368b3eb1595108c71eedefaba65