How to Install and Uninstall libqfits0 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "libqfits0" package

This tutorial shows how to install libqfits0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libqfits0

2. Uninstall "libqfits0" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libqfits0 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libqfits0 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libqfits0 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libqfits0
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 97
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno
Architecture: amd64
Source: qfits
Version: 6.2.0-8ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/q/qfits/libqfits0_6.2.0-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 38246
MD5sum: 609e484bb94f663052e2ec1ced57a11f
SHA1: 5db58e8a0499ae5842df25ceb29f4c009ef2a2e8
SHA256: d6570f0e072f331e5b9b697f7030b6c1eb4f100cde4051da0b8a801dc87832f8
Description-en: Library offering easy access to FITS files
FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is a data format most used in
astronomy.
.
qfits is a stand-alone library written in C to interact with files
complying with the FITS format. It is fast and portable over any
kind of POSIX-compliant platform. Functionalities offered by this
library are:
* Header queries (get keywords, values).
* Header manipulation (load/modify/save).
* Header/data offset queries.
* Pixel loading/saving to memory.
* Support for files of any dimension (NAXIS).
* Support for FITS extensions, including ASCII and binary tables.
Description-md5: 81394c6498c0efa014a479b6a3c61c84
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.eso.org/sci/software/eclipse/qfits/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu