How To Install polymake-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install polymake-common on Kali Linux. polymake-common is Tool for algorithmic discrete geometry – shared files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install polymake-common on Kali Linux.

What is polymake-common

polymake-common is:

Polymake started out as a tool for the algorithmic treatment of convex polyhedra. By now it also deals with finite simplicial complexes, tight spans of finite metric spaces, polyhedral surfaces, and other discrete mathematical objects.

This package contains architecture independent material.

There are three methods to install polymake-common 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 polymake-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install polymake-common

Install polymake-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install polymake-common

Install polymake-common 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 polymake-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install polymake-common

How To Uninstall polymake-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the polymake-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove polymake-common

Uninstall polymake-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove polymake-common

Remove polymake-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge polymake-common

Remove polymake-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge polymake-common

Dependencies

polymake-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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