How To Install ginac-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ginac-tools on Kali Linux. ginac-tools is GiNaC symbolic framework support tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ginac-tools on Kali Linux.

What is ginac-tools

ginac-tools is:

GiNaC (which stands for “GiNaC is Not a CAS (Computer Algebra System)”) is a library for doing symbolic (i.e. non-numeric) computation directly in the C++ programming language.

This package provides some additional tools, like the popular ginsh (GiNaC interactive shell) and viewgar (for inspecting GiNaC archive files).

There are three methods to install ginac-tools 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 ginac-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ginac-tools

Install ginac-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ginac-tools

Install ginac-tools 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 ginac-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ginac-tools

How To Uninstall ginac-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ginac-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ginac-tools

Uninstall ginac-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ginac-tools

Remove ginac-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ginac-tools

Remove ginac-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ginac-tools

Dependencies

ginac-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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