How to Install and Uninstall libcfitsio-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libcfitsio-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libcfitsio-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall libcfitsio-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libcfitsio-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 2371
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Architecture: amd64
Source: cfitsio
Version: 3.370-5
Replaces: libcfitsio3-dev (<< 3.340-3)
Depends: libcfitsio2 (= 3.370-5)
Recommends: libcfitsio-doc
Breaks: libcfitsio3-dev (<< 3.340-3)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cfitsio/libcfitsio-dev_3.370-5_amd64.deb
Size: 482898
MD5sum: 2ddec2487ae8bce5bbb9a91432753c68
SHA1: 4c920b88dd08cda00cc8e79665e4849e4d4e0965
SHA256: 2f08a4f0e1a9294e1422acb40d28f2896376484860432d1c7db64d93cf000536
Description-en: library for I/O with FITS format data files (development files)
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 what you need for compiling sources that
use this library in your own code.
Description-md5: 903890f49cc81b412671de3c4ba7ea56
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m