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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "wcstools" package

Please follow the guidance below to install wcstools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall wcstools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: wcstools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Installed-Size: 1127
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Astronomy Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.9.2-5
Depends: libwcstools0 (= 3.9.2-5), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wcstools/wcstools_3.9.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 273860
MD5sum: 7bad4f2386d8012924f1125c2c04ae75
SHA1: 6e1b0d99a84f218538241f2ae7b3a1d0b6d46a6d
SHA256: a4b0f4cb3621cf2148e42c90784ed1280cfd1a3b988dc41ec9be6a2f6b105798
Description-en: Handle the WCS of a FITS image
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 binary tools.
Description-md5: 94f766b94d1d1611a2c0311dbb019968
Homepage: http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/wcstools/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu