How To Install gnome-genius on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-genius on Kali Linux. gnome-genius is advanced general purpose calculator program (GNOME frontend)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-genius on Kali Linux.

What is gnome-genius

gnome-genius is:

Genius is a general purpose calculator program similar in some aspects to BC, Matlab or Maple. It is useful both as a simple calculator and as a research or educational tool. The syntax is very intuitive and is designed to mimic how mathematics is usually written.

This package contains a GNOME frontend for genius.

There are three methods to install gnome-genius 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 gnome-genius Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-genius

Install gnome-genius Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-genius

Install gnome-genius 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 gnome-genius using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-genius

How To Uninstall gnome-genius on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnome-genius package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-genius

Uninstall gnome-genius And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-genius

Remove gnome-genius Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-genius

Remove gnome-genius configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-genius

Dependencies

gnome-genius have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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