How To Install minizinc-ide on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minizinc-ide on Kali Linux.
What is minizinc-ide
minizinc-ide is:
The MiniZinc IDE is a simple Integrated Development Environment for writing and running MiniZinc models. It provides a tabbed editor with MiniZinc syntax highlighting, configuration dialogs for solver options and model parameters, and an integrated environment for compiling models and running solvers.
There are three methods to install minizinc-ide 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 minizinc-ide Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install minizinc-ide using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minizinc-ideInstall minizinc-ide Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install minizinc-ide using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minizinc-ideInstall minizinc-ide 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 minizinc-ide using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minizinc-ideHow To Uninstall minizinc-ide on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the minizinc-ide package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minizinc-ideUninstall minizinc-ide And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minizinc-ide and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minizinc-ideRemove minizinc-ide Configurations and Data
To remove minizinc-ide configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minizinc-ideRemove minizinc-ide configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minizinc-ide configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minizinc-ideDependencies
minizinc-ide have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5sql5
- libqt5webchannel5
- libqt5webenginewidgets5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
- minizinc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minizinc-ide package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
