How to Install libcfitsio3 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install libcfitsio3 software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

libcfitsio3 software package provides shared library for I/O with FITS format data files, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libcfitsio3 

libcfitsio3 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libcfitsio3 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcfitsio3 *

You will get with libcfitsio3 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libcfitsio3 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Development
Package libcfitsio3
Version 3.290-1ubuntu1
Description shared library for I/O with FITS format data files
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libcfitsio3 software package from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?