How To Install embree-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install embree-tools on Kali Linux. embree-tools is High Performance Ray Tracing Kernels - tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install embree-tools on Kali Linux.

What is embree-tools

embree-tools is:

Intel(R) Embree is a collection of high-performance ray tracing kernels, developed at Intel. The target users of Intel(R) Embree are graphics application engineers who want to improve the performance of their photo-realistic rendering application by leveraging Embree’s performance-optimized ray tracing kernels. The kernels are optimized for the latest Intel(R) processors with support for SSE, AVX, AVX2, and AVX-512 instructions. Intel(R) Embree supports runtime code selection to choose the traversal and build algorithms that best matches the instruction set of your CPU.

This package provides the official command-line tools.

There are three methods to install embree-tools 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 embree-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install embree-tools

Install embree-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install embree-tools

Install embree-tools 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 embree-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install embree-tools

How To Uninstall embree-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the embree-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove embree-tools

Uninstall embree-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove embree-tools

Remove embree-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge embree-tools

Remove embree-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge embree-tools

Dependencies

embree-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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