How To Install hdf5-helpers on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdf5-helpers on Kali Linux.

What is hdf5-helpers

hdf5-helpers is:

Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) is a file format and library for storing scientific data. HDF5 was designed and implemented to address the deficiencies of HDF4.x. It has a more powerful and flexible data model, supports files larger than 2 GB, and supports parallel I/O.

This package contains helper tools for HDF5.

There are three methods to install hdf5-helpers 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 hdf5-helpers Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hdf5-helpers using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hdf5-helpers

Install hdf5-helpers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hdf5-helpers using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hdf5-helpers

Install hdf5-helpers 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 hdf5-helpers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hdf5-helpers

How To Uninstall hdf5-helpers on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hdf5-helpers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hdf5-helpers

Uninstall hdf5-helpers And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hdf5-helpers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hdf5-helpers

Remove hdf5-helpers Configurations and Data

To remove hdf5-helpers configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hdf5-helpers

Remove hdf5-helpers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hdf5-helpers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hdf5-helpers

Dependencies

hdf5-helpers have the following dependencies:

References

• hdf5-helpers website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hdf5-helpers package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.