How to Install and Uninstall astrometry.net Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "astrometry.net" package

Please follow the instructions below to install astrometry.net on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                astrometry.net
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "astrometry.net" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall astrometry.net on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                astrometry.net
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the astrometry.net package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: astrometry.net
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.80+dfsg-1build2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/science
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5690
Depends: netpbm, python3, python3-astrometry, libastrometry0 (>= 0.80+dfsg), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libcfitsio9 (>= 3.480~), libgsl25 (>= 2.6), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libnetpbm10, libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libwcs7 (>= 4.8.2)
Recommends: curl, libcfitsio-bin, python3-exif, source-extractor
Filename: pool/universe/a/astrometry.net/astrometry.net_0.80+dfsg-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 861844
MD5sum: 99512c769c7d01cb7a4b9efe62638d40
SHA1: fcb5f716c982980b634b316bac0f89055a263ec7
SHA256: 2e4a8e0e5f98448905c78ead02b591992285c1a00b3002f50cc3ae690e50f6f1
SHA512: c01071b3db83f00f97d4ed32d804ad754adb6ad88afe517d25ebdec1a7ff7a6dcc3386a8a6c88bca80bd6b11a3a827bc6753db1f5569e4181b755876c86d58d4
Homepage: http://www.astrometry.net
Description-en: Astrometry plate solver
The astrometry engine will take any image and return the astrometry
world coordinate system (WCS), a standards-based description of the
transformation between image coordinates and sky coordinates.
Description-md5: 5088a1bfc88af04d691f7b897003b643