Information about the package, wcslib, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The wcslib package is designed for, An implementation of the FITS World Coordinate System standard.
Package Name:
wcslib
Summary:
An implementation of the FITS World Coordinate System standard
Description:
WCSLIB is a library that implements the "World Coordinate System" (WCS) convention in FITS (Flexible Image Transport System)
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.3.1
Release:
3.el6
Size:
72 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv3+
Control the wcslib package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install wcslib
This command will install wcslib on the server.
yum remove wcslib
This command will un-install wcslib on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wcslib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove wcslib
This command will un-install wcslib 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 wcslib when using the -y flag.
yum update wcslib
This command will update wcslib to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove wcslib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update wcslib
This command will update wcslib 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 wcslib when using the -y flag.
yum info wcslib
This command will show you core information about the wcslib package.
yum deplist wcslib
This command will show you the dependencies for wcslib. 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 wcslib
This command will check if there is an update waiting on wcslib. 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.