Information about the package, cfitsio, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cfitsio package is designed for, Library for manipulating FITS data files.
Package Name:
cfitsio
Summary:
Library for manipulating FITS data files
Description:
CFITSIO is a library of C and FORTRAN subroutines for reading and writing data files in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) data format. CFITSIO simplifies the task of writing software that deals with FITS files by providing an easy to use set of high-level routines that insulate the programmer from the internal complexities of the FITS file format. At the same time, CFITSIO provides many advanced features that have made it the most widely used FITS file programming interface in the astronomical community.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.240
Release:
3.el6
Size:
498 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the cfitsio package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cfitsio
This command will install cfitsio on the server.
yum remove cfitsio
This command will un-install cfitsio on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cfitsio, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cfitsio
This command will un-install cfitsio on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cfitsio when using the -y flag.
yum update cfitsio
This command will update cfitsio to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cfitsio, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cfitsio
This command will update cfitsio to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cfitsio when using the -y flag.
yum info cfitsio
This command will show you core information about the cfitsio package.
yum deplist cfitsio
This command will show you the dependencies for cfitsio. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update cfitsio
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cfitsio. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.