How to Install and Uninstall sextractor Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "sextractor" package

This tutorial shows how to install sextractor on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall sextractor on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 sextractor package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: sextractor
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.19.5+dfsg-5
Priority: extra
Section: universe/science
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1195
Depends: libatlas3-base, libc6 (>= 2.14), libfftw3-single3 (>= 3.3.5), liblapack3 | liblapack.so.3
Filename: pool/universe/s/sextractor/sextractor_2.19.5+dfsg-5_amd64.deb
Size: 292456
MD5sum: 862a0ac68f54e6ea87c16d67f189c238
SHA1: fd5e3b63514ee7dc81808de8d58590882a1df939
SHA256: a2c8af479d7f3c687bdfcdb9c6a059a44ba72f3081a84eded3f9ffc65170d31e
Homepage: http://www.astromatic.net/software/sextractor
Description: Source extractor for astronomical images
Description-md5: 5f1bb3db51fb9466350c4b7bfa188e0a
Supported: 3y