How To Install fpzip-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fpzip-utils on Kali Linux. fpzip-utils is FP array compression library - tools

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 update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fpzip-utils

Install fpzip-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fpzip-utils

Install 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install fpzip-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fpzip-utils

How 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-utils

Uninstall 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-utils

Remove 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-utils

Remove 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-utils

Dependencies

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.