How to Install and Uninstall libcfitsio-bin Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libcfitsio-bin on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libcfitsio-bin" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libcfitsio-bin on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libcfitsio-bin on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libcfitsio-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.0.0-1
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: 163
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcfitsio9 (>= 3.480~)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cfitsio/libcfitsio-bin_4.0.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 41712
MD5sum: 61d7d3be31cbbe9d372e0c27b69d45b2
SHA1: 7af4ced23cad806a3a9617e637bd2d958289aa2e
SHA256: 755dcce251221445b3bf88ecfa0a7f68a80fdb489e0d6487fa2abf2b9041ae01
SHA512: c508d022b8152a2c9d7d873b0cc91c8a9ef847cc3e445ce028427a081024a01fbe21cfa9e18e3547386776be4a3c0305231cf53a8113636b8974cf0538a869a3
Homepage: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
Description: CFITSIO based utilities
Description-md5: 9ee658ca804c9a6f49e3fe88d5a212cc