How To Install gap-guava on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-guava on Kali Linux. gap-guava is coding theory library for GAP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gap-guava on Kali Linux.

What is gap-guava

gap-guava is:

GAP is a system for computational discrete algebra with particular emphasis on computational group theory, but which has already proved useful also in other areas.

This GAP package brings to GAP computing with error-correcting codes.

There are three methods to install gap-guava 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 gap-guava Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gap-guava

Install gap-guava Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gap-guava

Install gap-guava 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 gap-guava using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gap-guava

How To Uninstall gap-guava on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gap-guava package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gap-guava

Uninstall gap-guava And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gap-guava

Remove gap-guava Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gap-guava

Remove gap-guava configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gap-guava

Dependencies

gap-guava have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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