How To Install libopenblas-base on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas-base on Kali Linux.
What is libopenblas-base
libopenblas-base is:
OpenBLAS is an optimized BLAS library based on GotoBLAS2 1.13 BSD version.
Unlike Atlas, OpenBLAS provides a multiple architecture library.
All kernel will be included in the library and dynamically switched to the best architecture at run time (only on amd64, arm64, i386, ppc64el and s390x).
For more information on how to rebuild locally OpenBLAS, see the section: “Building Optimized OpenBLAS Packages on your ARCH” in README.Debian
This is a transitional dummy package, which can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install libopenblas-base 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 libopenblas-base Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopenblas-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenblas-baseInstall libopenblas-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopenblas-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenblas-baseInstall libopenblas-base 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopenblas-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenblas-baseHow To Uninstall libopenblas-base on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libopenblas-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenblas-baseUninstall libopenblas-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenblas-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenblas-baseRemove libopenblas-base Configurations and Data
To remove libopenblas-base configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenblas-baseRemove libopenblas-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenblas-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenblas-baseDependencies
libopenblas-base have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas-base package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
