How to Install libastrometry-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libastrometry-dev software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libastrometry-dev software package provides Astrometry plate solver (development files), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libastrometry-dev 

libastrometry-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libastrometry-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libastrometry-dev *

You will get with libastrometry-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libastrometry-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Library development
Package libastrometry-dev
Version 0.67+dfsg-1
Description Astrometry plate solver (development files)
Sub Section Devel


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