How to Install and Uninstall libcfitsio-bin Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libcfitsio-bin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libcfitsio-bin on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libcfitsio-bin on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 libcfitsio-bin package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libcfitsio-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.490-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: cfitsio
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 178
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcfitsio9 (>= 3.480~)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cfitsio/libcfitsio-bin_3.490-3_amd64.deb
Size: 37316
MD5sum: 0d3988c5e81ac39b5689600e2d301fad
SHA1: eb5104b0b1960f98f9de6a97766d13475b8c4620
SHA256: 08540d950886684afbb5df6039bde22c920a4c50adbc2fa98bd4f07f2c85be45
SHA512: 0277f2b9a24e2733da7c948fe798ac0947ba6550c3590684c930bcc00393f123bdebcaff87d225efdb358504676d1e81834f94a905df790a984909bd9cdc2953
Homepage: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
Description-en: CFITSIO based utilities
FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is a data format most used in
astronomy. cfitsio is a library of ANSI C routines for reading and
writing FITS format data files. A set of Fortran-callable wrapper
routines are also included for the convenience of Fortran
programmers.
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This package contains utility programs, based on CFITSIO, namely
fitscopy, fpack and funpack.
Description-md5: 9ee658ca804c9a6f49e3fe88d5a212cc