How to Install and Uninstall astronomical-almanac Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "astronomical-almanac" package

This tutorial shows how to install astronomical-almanac on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                astronomical-almanac
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "astronomical-almanac" package

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


    
        
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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 astronomical-almanac package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: astronomical-almanac
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 565
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thorsten Alteholz
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Filename: pool/universe/a/astronomical-almanac/astronomical-almanac_5.6-4_amd64.deb
Size: 274298
MD5sum: 9ee512ff74c25fb837a53bb1081615b2
SHA1: 192521e0a79f8b6dcf6e5b9eb6e2f48875aac982
SHA256: 2ba3d3ef9f0181a4290f1443c48070e79bf5e346c8b2e6e093bdf3e6d95a88c5
Description-en: astronomical almanac - calculate planet and star positions
The aa program computes the orbital positions of planetary bodies and
performs rigorous coordinate reductions to apparent geocentric and
topocentric place (local altitude and azimuth). It also reduces star
catalogue positions given in either the FK4 or FK5 system. Data for
the 57 navigational stars is included. Most of the algorithms
employed are from The Astronomical Almanac (AA) published by the
U.S. Government Printing Office.
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The aa program follows the rigorous algorithms for reduction of
celestial coordinates exactly as laid out in current editions of
the Astronomical Almanac. The reduction to apparent geocentric
place has been checked by a special version of the program (aa200)
that takes planetary positions directly from the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory DE200 numerical integration of the solar system. The
results agree exactly with the Astronomical Almanac tables from
1987 onward (earlier Almanacs used slightly different reduction
methods).
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Certain computations, such as the correction for nutation,
are not given explicitly in the AA but are referenced there. In
these cases the program performs the full computations that are
used to construct the Almanac tables (references are provided).
Description-md5: 68a079ae6fa8c50e0eaa1029e386ce6f
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