How To Install libfpzip-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfpzip-dev on Kali Linux. libfpzip-dev is Development files for the FP array compression library

Introduction

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

What is libfpzip-dev

libfpzip-dev is:

fpzip is a library and command-line utility for lossless and optionally lossy compression of 2D and 3D floating-point arrays. fpzip assumes spatially correlated scalar-valued data, such as regularly sampled continuous functions, and is not suitable for compressing unstructured streams of floating-point numbers. This package provides the headers and static library.

There are three methods to install libfpzip-dev 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 libfpzip-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfpzip-dev

Install libfpzip-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfpzip-dev

Install libfpzip-dev 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 libfpzip-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfpzip-dev

How To Uninstall libfpzip-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libfpzip-dev

Uninstall libfpzip-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfpzip-dev

Remove libfpzip-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfpzip-dev

Remove libfpzip-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfpzip-dev

Dependencies

libfpzip-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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