How To Install cbflib-bin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cbflib-bin on Kali Linux. cbflib-bin is utilities to manipulate CBF files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cbflib-bin on Kali Linux.

What is cbflib-bin

cbflib-bin is:

CBFlib is a library of ANSI-C functions providing a simple mechanism for accessing Crystallographic Binary Files (CBF files) and Image-supporting CIF (imgCIF) files.

This package contains various utility programs.

There are three methods to install cbflib-bin 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 cbflib-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cbflib-bin

Install cbflib-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cbflib-bin

Install cbflib-bin 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 cbflib-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cbflib-bin

How To Uninstall cbflib-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cbflib-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cbflib-bin

Uninstall cbflib-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cbflib-bin

Remove cbflib-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cbflib-bin

Remove cbflib-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cbflib-bin

Dependencies

cbflib-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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