How to Install and Uninstall astro-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: March 17,2025

1. Install "astro-tools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install astro-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                astro-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "astro-tools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall astro-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                astro-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the astro-tools package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: astro-tools
Priority: extra
Section: universe/metapackages
Installed-Size: 19
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Team
Architecture: all
Source: debian-astro
Version: 0.1
Depends: astro-tasks (= 0.1)
Recommends: astropy-utils, boinc-app-seti, fitscut, fitsverify, funtools, qfits-tools, wcslib-tools, wcstools, xpa-tools
Suggests: boinc-app-milkyway, casacore-tools, rawtran
Filename: pool/universe/d/debian-astro/astro-tools_0.1_all.deb
Size: 3600
MD5sum: 72ef6f30f17048f34408a88fe01e7e68
SHA1: 151a54900a354c0a0eba63d4f9152db7b0ba06a3
SHA256: 5ef286094df49d65efc0daa1d6090d0479f8bd1b35fc1dd7625a78d4c7c4354e
Description-en: Astronomy tools and utilities
This metapackage will install small tools provided by Debian Astronomy
packages. These tools handle smaller tasks, mainly dealing with FITS files.
Description-md5: 483e27fa9acdba00e0cc65d2c043138e
Homepage: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAstronomy/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu