How to Install and Uninstall libwcs5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libwcs5" package

Learn how to install libwcs5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libwcs5

2. Uninstall "libwcs5" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libwcs5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove libwcs5 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libwcs5 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libwcs5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 1422
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: wcslib
Version: 5.15-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wcslib/libwcs5_5.15-1_amd64.deb
Size: 231946
MD5sum: 87c1f453df230c4f410ba28533a15b38
SHA1: 6e47b5e9660127c666b0ab5b599d6c931d431ddc
SHA256: 1af711c2cf1d27fc16843f2e04d09ea7803c829ccc428f5a42e6048f2afde631
Description-en: Implementation of the FITS WCS standard
WCSLIB is a C library, supplied with a full set of Fortran wrappers, that
implements the "World Coordinate System" (WCS) standard in FITS (Flexible
Image Transport System).
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The FITS data format is widely used within the international astronomical
community, from the radio to gamma-ray regimes, for data interchange and
archive, and also increasingly as an online format.
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This package contains what you need to run programs that use this
library.
Description-md5: 23ad28edea2af35e49b0bcded8a8ff40
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/mcalabre/WCS/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome

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