How To Install gwyddion-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gwyddion-common on Kali Linux.

What is gwyddion-common

gwyddion-common is:

Gwyddion is a modular program for Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) data visualization and analysis. It is primarily intended for analysis of height field data obtained by microscopy techniques like

• Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM),
• Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM),
• Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM),
• Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy (SNOM or NSOM) and others. However, it can be used for arbitrary height field and image analysis.

This package contains architecture-independent files for Gwyddion - a modular program for Scanning Probe Microscopy data visualization and analysis.

There are three methods to install gwyddion-common 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 gwyddion-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gwyddion-common

Install gwyddion-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gwyddion-common

Install gwyddion-common 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 gwyddion-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gwyddion-common

How To Uninstall gwyddion-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gwyddion-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gwyddion-common

Uninstall gwyddion-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gwyddion-common

Remove gwyddion-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gwyddion-common

Remove gwyddion-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gwyddion-common

Dependencies

gwyddion-common have the following dependencies:

References

• gwyddion-common website

Summary

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