How To Install libopenblas64-0-serial on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas64-0-serial on Kali Linux. libopenblas64-0-serial is Optimized BLAS (linear algebra) library (shared lib, 64bit, serial)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas64-0-serial on Kali Linux.

What is libopenblas64-0-serial

libopenblas64-0-serial 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

Configuration: USE_THREAD=0 USE_OPENMP=0 INTERFACE64=1

There are three methods to install libopenblas64-0-serial 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 libopenblas64-0-serial Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenblas64-0-serial using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenblas64-0-serial

Install libopenblas64-0-serial Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenblas64-0-serial using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopenblas64-0-serial

Install libopenblas64-0-serial 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 libopenblas64-0-serial using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenblas64-0-serial

How To Uninstall libopenblas64-0-serial on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libopenblas64-0-serial package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenblas64-0-serial

Uninstall libopenblas64-0-serial And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenblas64-0-serial and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenblas64-0-serial

Remove libopenblas64-0-serial Configurations and Data

To remove libopenblas64-0-serial configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenblas64-0-serial

Remove libopenblas64-0-serial configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopenblas64-0-serial configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenblas64-0-serial

Dependencies

libopenblas64-0-serial have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas64-0-serial package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.