How To Install fricas-databases on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fricas-databases on Kali Linux.

What is fricas-databases

fricas-databases is:

Fricas is useful for research and development of mathematical algorithms. It defines a strongly typed, mathematically correct type hierarchy. It has a programming language and a built-in compiler.

Fricas has been in development since 1973 and was sold as a commercial product. It has been released as free software.

Efforts are underway to extend this software to (a) develop a better user interface (b) make it useful as a teaching tool (c) develop an algebra server protocol (d) integrate additional mathematics (e) rebuild the algebra in a literate programming style (f) integrate logic programming (g) develop an Fricas Journal with refereed submissions.

This package contains the text databases generated during the build process used in computing the hierarchical domain structure, among other uses.

There are three methods to install fricas-databases 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 fricas-databases Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fricas-databases

Install fricas-databases Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fricas-databases

Install fricas-databases 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 fricas-databases using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fricas-databases

How To Uninstall fricas-databases on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fricas-databases package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fricas-databases

Uninstall fricas-databases And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fricas-databases

Remove fricas-databases Configurations and Data

To remove fricas-databases configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fricas-databases

Remove fricas-databases configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fricas-databases

Dependencies

fricas-databases have the following dependencies:

References

• fricas-databases website

Summary

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