How To Install science-engineering-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install science-engineering-dev on Kali Linux. science-engineering-dev is Debian Science Engineering-dev packages

Introduction

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

What is science-engineering-dev

science-engineering-dev is:

This metapackage will install Debian Science packages which might be helpful for development of applications for Engineering.

You might also be interested in the science-engineering metapackage.

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

sudo apt-get -y install science-engineering-dev

Install science-engineering-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install science-engineering-dev

Install science-engineering-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 science-engineering-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install science-engineering-dev

How To Uninstall science-engineering-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove science-engineering-dev

Uninstall science-engineering-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-engineering-dev

Remove science-engineering-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge science-engineering-dev

Remove science-engineering-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-engineering-dev

Dependencies

science-engineering-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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