How To Install fp-units-math on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-units-math on Kali Linux. fp-units-math is Free Pascal - math units dependency package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-units-math on Kali Linux.

What is fp-units-math

fp-units-math is:

The Free Pascal Compiler is an Object Pascal compiler supporting both Delphi and Turbo Pascal 7.0 dialects, as well as Mac Pascal dialects. It provides a completely portable RunTime Library (RTL) available on many platforms and compatible with Turbo Pascal, along with a platform-independent class-based Free Component Library (FCL) adding many Delphi extensions and interfacing with many popular open source libraries.

This dependency package always depends on the latest available version of the package containing Free Pascal math interfacing units for:

  • gmp (the GNU Multiple Precision arithmetic library);
  • numlib (numerical computing);
  • proj4 (cartographic projections);
  • symbolic (symbolic computing).

There are three methods to install fp-units-math 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 fp-units-math Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fp-units-math

Install fp-units-math Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fp-units-math using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fp-units-math

Install fp-units-math 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 fp-units-math using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fp-units-math

How To Uninstall fp-units-math on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fp-units-math package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fp-units-math

Uninstall fp-units-math And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fp-units-math

Remove fp-units-math Configurations and Data

To remove fp-units-math configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fp-units-math

Remove fp-units-math configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fp-units-math configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fp-units-math

Dependencies

fp-units-math have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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