How To Install harp on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install harp on Kali Linux.

What is harp

harp is:

HARP is a toolset for ingesting, processing and inter-comparing satellite or model data against correlative data. The toolset is composed of a set of command line tools, a C library of analysis functions, and import/export interfaces for Python. The main goal of HARP is to assist in the inter-comparison of data sets. By appropriatelty chaining calls to the HARP command line tools one can preprocess satellite, model, and/or correlative data such that two datasets that need to be compared end up having the same temporal/spatial grid, same data format/structure, and same physical units.

This package provides the HARP binary utilities.

There are three methods to install harp 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 harp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install harp

Install harp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install harp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install harp

Install harp 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 harp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install harp

How To Uninstall harp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the harp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove harp

Uninstall harp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove harp

Remove harp Configurations and Data

To remove harp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge harp

Remove harp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge harp

Dependencies

harp have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libharp12
• libudunits2-data

References

• harp website

Summary

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