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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "wcstools" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall wcstools 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 wcstools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: wcstools
Version: 3.9.7-1
Installed-Size: 1405
Maintainer: Debian Astro Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libwcstools1 (= 3.9.7-1), libc6 (>= 2.29)
Description: Handle the WCS of a FITS image
Description-md5: 397c0d50d35b328f9d1349538875a220
Homepage: http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/wcstools/
Section: science
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wcstools/wcstools_3.9.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 312416
MD5sum: 5f3fc3d19cf6f35af4346e5a005583b3
SHA256: 5898ddfd2b1daf870756f003426beb3d4607bc938d4b59582296422158a71351