How to Install libcfitsio2 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libcfitsio2 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libcfitsio2 software package provides shared library for I/O with FITS format data 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 libcfitsio2 

libcfitsio2 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libcfitsio2 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libcfitsio2 *

You will get with libcfitsio2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libcfitsio2 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package libcfitsio2
Version 3.370-5
Description shared library for I/O with FITS format data files
Sub Section Devel


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