How To Install x_artdata.e on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install iraf-noao

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install iraf-noao

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is x_artdata.e and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install x_artdata.e on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install x_artdata.e on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install x_artdata.e using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install iraf-noao

Install x_artdata.e on CentOS 8 using yum

Because x_artdata.e is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install x_artdata.e package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iraf-noao

How to upgrade (update) a single package x_artdata.e using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like x_artdata.e in this example you should use the following command:

yum update iraf-noao

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade iraf-noao

How to Upgrade x_artdata.e on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update iraf-noao

How To remove x_artdata.e from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the x_artdata.e package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove iraf-noao

Extra info and code examples

IRAF is the "Image Reduction and Analysis Facility". The main IRAF distribution includes a good selection of programs for general image processing and graphics, plus a large number of programs for the reduction and analysis of optical and IR astronomy data. This file contains the NOAO packages for the reduction and analysis of Optical Astronomy data.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install x_artdata.e using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the x_artdata.e from CentOS 8.

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