How To Install gyoto-bin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gyoto-bin on Kali Linux. gyoto-bin is General relativistic ray-tracing command-line interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gyoto-bin on Kali Linux.

What is gyoto-bin

gyoto-bin is:

Gyoto is a framework for computing geodesics in curved space-times. The gyoto utility program uses this framework to compute images of astronomical objects in the vicinity of compact objects (e.g. black-holes). Such images are distorted by strong gravitational lensing. The gyoto program takes a scenery description in XML format, computes this scenery using relativistic ray-tracing, and saves the result in FITS format.

This package contains the `gyoto’ command-line utility. More complex uses of the Gyoto framework can be achieved using the python3-gyoto or yorick-gyoto packages. Gyoto can be extended with plug-ins (see libgyoto8-dev).

MPI parallelization requires the mpi-default-bin package. Producing videos requires the python3-gyoto and python3-opencv packages.

There are three methods to install gyoto-bin 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 gyoto-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gyoto-bin

Install gyoto-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gyoto-bin

Install gyoto-bin 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 gyoto-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gyoto-bin

How To Uninstall gyoto-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gyoto-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gyoto-bin

Uninstall gyoto-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gyoto-bin

Remove gyoto-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gyoto-bin

Remove gyoto-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gyoto-bin

Dependencies

gyoto-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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