How To Install dime on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dime

dime is:

Dime is a C++ class library for reading, constructing, manipulating, and writing DXF file data.

This package comes with the programs dxf2vrml, which converts dxf to VRML files and dxfsphere, which makes triangle mesh approximations of spheres.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dime

Install dime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dime

Install dime 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 dime using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dime

How To Uninstall dime on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dime

Uninstall dime And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dime

Remove dime Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dime

Remove dime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dime

Dependencies

dime have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdime1
• libgcc1

References

• dime website

Summary

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