How To Install fpzip-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpzip-utils on Kali Linux.
What is fpzip-utils
fpzip-utils is:
fpzip is a library and command-line utility for lossless and optionally lossy compression of 2D and 3D floating-point arrays. fpzip assumes spatially correlated scalar-valued data, such as regularly sampled continuous functions, and is not suitable for compressing unstructured streams of floating-point numbers. This package provides command-line utilities.
There are three methods to install fpzip-utils 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 fpzip-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fpzip-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fpzip-utilsInstall fpzip-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fpzip-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fpzip-utilsInstall fpzip-utils 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fpzip-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fpzip-utilsHow To Uninstall fpzip-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fpzip-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fpzip-utilsUninstall fpzip-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fpzip-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fpzip-utilsRemove fpzip-utils Configurations and Data
To remove fpzip-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fpzip-utilsRemove fpzip-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fpzip-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fpzip-utilsDependencies
fpzip-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpzip-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.