How To Install feynmf on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is feynmf

feynmf is:

FeynMF is a LaTeX package for easy drawing of professional-quality Feynman diagrams, illustrations that depict the fundamental interactions of subatomic particles. The diagrams may be created using either the Metafont or MetaPost programs. FeynMF lays out most diagrams satisfactorily from the structure of the graph without any need for manual intervention. Nevertheless all the power of Metafont or MetaPost is available for more obscure cases.

Note that you will need the texlive-metapost package in order to use the MetaPost-based version of FeynMF.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install feynmf

Install feynmf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install feynmf

Install feynmf 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 feynmf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install feynmf

How To Uninstall feynmf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove feynmf

Uninstall feynmf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove feynmf

Remove feynmf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge feynmf

Remove feynmf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge feynmf

Dependencies

feynmf have the following dependencies:

• tex-common
• perl

References

• feynmf website

Summary

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