How To Install wxmaxima on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxmaxima on Kali Linux. wxmaxima is GUI for the computer algebra system Maxima

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wxmaxima on Kali Linux.

What is wxmaxima

wxmaxima is:

wxMaxima is a graphical user interface for the computer algebra system Maxima. It eases the use of Maxima by making most of its commands available through a menu system and by providing input dialogs for commands that require more than one argument. It also implements its own display engine that outputs mathematical symbols directly instead of depicting them with ASCII characters.

wxMaxima also features 2D and 3D inline plots, simple animations, mixing of text and mathematical calculations to create documents, exporting of input and output to TeX, and a browser for Maxima’s manual including command index and full text searching.

There are three methods to install wxmaxima 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 wxmaxima Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wxmaxima

Install wxmaxima Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wxmaxima using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wxmaxima

Install wxmaxima 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 wxmaxima using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wxmaxima

How To Uninstall wxmaxima on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wxmaxima package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wxmaxima

Uninstall wxmaxima And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wxmaxima

Remove wxmaxima Configurations and Data

To remove wxmaxima configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wxmaxima

Remove wxmaxima configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wxmaxima

Dependencies

wxmaxima have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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