How To Install libblas-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblas-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libblas-dev
libblas-dev is:
This package is a binary incompatible upgrade to the blas-dev package. Several minor changes to the C interface have been incorporated.
BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines) is a set of efficient routines for most of the basic vector and matrix operations. They are widely used as the basis for other high quality linear algebra software, for example lapack and linpack. This implementation is the Fortran 77 reference implementation found at netlib.
This package contains a static version of the library.
There are three methods to install libblas-dev 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 libblas-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libblas-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libblas-devInstall libblas-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libblas-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libblas-devInstall libblas-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libblas-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libblas-devHow To Uninstall libblas-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libblas-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libblas-devUninstall libblas-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libblas-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libblas-devRemove libblas-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libblas-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libblas-devRemove libblas-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libblas-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libblas-devDependencies
libblas-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblas-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
