How To Install libopenmm-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenmm-dev on Kali Linux. libopenmm-dev is C++ header files for the OpenMM library

Introduction

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

What is libopenmm-dev

libopenmm-dev is:

OpenMM is a software toolkit for performing molecular simulations on a range of high performance computing architectures. This package provides C++ header files for the development with that library.

There are three methods to install libopenmm-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 libopenmm-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 libopenmm-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenmm-dev

Install libopenmm-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenmm-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopenmm-dev

How To Uninstall libopenmm-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libopenmm-dev

Uninstall libopenmm-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenmm-dev

Remove libopenmm-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenmm-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopenmm-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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