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

Last updated: July 01,2024

1. Install "libwcstools-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libwcstools-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: libwcstools-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 1643
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: wcstools
Version: 3.9.2-5
Depends: libwcstools0 (= 3.9.2-5)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wcstools/libwcstools-dev_3.9.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 360340
MD5sum: 879ac337436882a554bfd9b58a100c68
SHA1: 63f2e6ce88cbf8ddbb48230e6fe230c3b3595a16
SHA256: af4b5c9e754b7e08e19f85c4a8b34dc21434f2a45a047933d39ac86cdb7a3ff5
Description-en: Handle the WCS of a FITS image (development files)
WCSTools is a set of software utilities, written in C, which create,
display and manipulate the world coordinate system of a FITS or IRAF
image, using specific keywords in the image header which relate pixel
position within the image to position on the sky. Auxillary programs
search star catalogs and manipulate images.
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This package contains the files needed for development.
Description-md5: 8c6ce003da4036b6781bbb93a09da645
Homepage: http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/wcstools/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu