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