How To Install libapfloat-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapfloat-java on Kali Linux.

What is libapfloat-java

libapfloat-java is:

Apfloat is a high performance arbitrary precision arithmetic library. You can perform calculations with a precision of millions of digits with it. It’s as simple to use as Java’s BigDecimal or BigInteger classes, but performs a lot better with extreme precision numbers (more than a few hundred digits). Also, a full suite of mathematical functions for arbitrary precision numbers are available: all those existing in java.lang.Math and more.

There are three methods to install libapfloat-java 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 libapfloat-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libapfloat-java

Install libapfloat-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libapfloat-java

Install libapfloat-java 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 libapfloat-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapfloat-java

How To Uninstall libapfloat-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libapfloat-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapfloat-java

Uninstall libapfloat-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapfloat-java

Remove libapfloat-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libapfloat-java

Remove libapfloat-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapfloat-java

Dependencies

libapfloat-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libapfloat-java website

Summary

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