How To Install libdolfin-dev-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdolfin-dev-common on Kali Linux. libdolfin-dev-common is Common header files for DOLFIN

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdolfin-dev-common on Kali Linux.

What is libdolfin-dev-common

libdolfin-dev-common is:

DOLFIN is the Python and C++ interface of the FEniCS project for the automated solution of differential equations, providing a consistent PSE (Problem Solving Environment) for solving ordinary and partial differential equations. Key features include a simple, consistent and intuitive object-oriented API; automatic and efficient evaluation of variational forms; automatic and efficient assembly of linear systems; and support for general families of finite elements.

This package contains the common development header files.

This is the legacy version of DOLFIN, you may want to install the next-generation libdolfinx-dev (DOLFIN-X) instead.

There are three methods to install libdolfin-dev-common on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdolfin-dev-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdolfin-dev-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdolfin-dev-common

Install libdolfin-dev-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdolfin-dev-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdolfin-dev-common

Install libdolfin-dev-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libdolfin-dev-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdolfin-dev-common

How To Uninstall libdolfin-dev-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdolfin-dev-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdolfin-dev-common

Uninstall libdolfin-dev-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdolfin-dev-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdolfin-dev-common

Remove libdolfin-dev-common Configurations and Data

To remove libdolfin-dev-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdolfin-dev-common

Remove libdolfin-dev-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdolfin-dev-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdolfin-dev-common

Dependencies

libdolfin-dev-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdolfin-dev-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.