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

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libsofa-c-dev" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libsofa-c-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libsofa-c-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libsofa-c-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libsofa-c-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 2713
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: iausofa-c
Version: 2015.02.09.a-1
Depends: libsofa-c0 (= 2015.02.09.a-1)
Filename: pool/universe/i/iausofa-c/libsofa-c-dev_2015.02.09.a-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1452732
MD5sum: 445eb51fbb281f0ab9df9d397959eac2
SHA1: cde5408bb1521f5b4daf8e1d4b47361008cb0e3e
SHA256: 916035ac88a13005e6b09cc5098a82683d4b84b88caf48e10db4ea8041878a3a
Description-en: Algorithms for models in fundamental astronomy (development files)
This is a suite of vector/matrix routines and various utilities that
underpin the astronomy algorithms, which include routines for the
following:
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- Calendars
- Time Scales
- Earth rotation and sidereal time
- Ephemerides (medium precision)
- Geocentric/geodetic transformations
- Precession, nutation, polar motion
- Star space motion
- Star catalogue conversion
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This is the ANSI C version of the library.
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The International Astronomical Union's SOFA service has the task of
establishing and maintaining an accessible and authoritative set of
algorithms and procedures that implement standard models used in
fundamental astronomy.
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This package contains the header files and the static library.
Description-md5: d4cbb2bd95463a0791ef206e28c60eb6
Homepage: http://www.iausofa.org/index.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu