[fitsbits] conversion of jpeg to fits

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:45:34 +0530, "Sreenath K R" said:

I have jpeg image and I would like to convert it into fits
format. Kindly do let me know how to convert jpeg format to fits
format.

To first order, this works on most any Linux system:

djpeg file.jpg | pnmtofits file.fits

On a RedHat/Fedora system, djpeg is in the libjpeg RPM and pnmtofits is
in the netpbm-progs RPM package. On Ubuntu Linux, djpeg is part of the
libjpeg-progs package and pnmtofits is part of the netpbm package.

- Pat

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