How to Install and Uninstall libcfitsio2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libcfitsio2" package

Please follow the steps below to install libcfitsio2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcfitsio2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcfitsio2" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libcfitsio2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcfitsio2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcfitsio2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libcfitsio2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 1415
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Architecture: amd64
Source: cfitsio
Version: 3.370-5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cfitsio/libcfitsio2_3.370-5_amd64.deb
Size: 436434
MD5sum: 7d4a6dbc7788fec863e9aff17bad6840
SHA1: b9e2698ef73894320dad83b79a3e8fa6856a3bdb
SHA256: 915f123de28ce80373d07d5b6257059cce3d27e082ed6b4900e831230143118c
Description-en: shared library for I/O with FITS format data 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 to run programs that use this
library.
Description-md5: f8dfe4ddfc2f5b2bb969cae8c68bad08
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/fitsio.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome