How To Install Fitscheck?

How To Install Fitscheck?

fitscheck

Command line tools from astropy

Install fitscheck

  • Debian apt-get install fitscheck Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install astropy-utils Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install astropy-utils Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install fitscheck Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install astropy-utils Click to copy

astropy-utils

Command line tools from astropy

The astropy package contains core functionality and some common tools needed for performing astronomy and astrophysics research with Python. This package contains the tools that come with astropy: * fitscheck: Detect and fix FITS standards violations * fits2bitmap: Create a bitmap file from a FITS image. * fitsdiff: Compare two FITS image files and report the differences in header keywords and data. * fitsheader: Print the header(s) of one or more FITS file(s) to the standard output in a human-readable format. * samp_hub: SAMP Hub Server. * volint: Check a VOTable file for compliance to the VOTable specification * wcslint: Check the WCS keywords in a FITS file for compliance against the standards

astropy-tools

Astropy utility tools

pyfits-utils

transitional package for astropy-utils

FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is a data format most used in astronomy. PyFITS is a Python module for reading, writing, and manipulating FITS files. The module uses Python's object-oriented features to provide quick, easy, and efficient access to FITS files. The use of Python's array syntax enables immediate access to any FITS extension, header cards, or data items. This is a dummy transitional package for astropy-utils and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.

fitscheck

transitional package for pyfits-utils

FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is a data format most used in astronomy. PyFITS is a Python module for reading, writing, and manipulating FITS files. The module uses Python's object-oriented features to provide quick, easy, and efficient access to FITS files. The use of Python's array syntax enables immediate access to any FITS extension, header cards, or data items. This is a dummy transitional package for pyfits-utils and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.

Installing fitscheck command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, Fedora and Raspbian operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of fitscheck 2026 package in your OS.