How To Install libblis3-pthread on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblis3-pthread on Kali Linux.

What is libblis3-pthread

libblis3-pthread is:

BLIS is a portable software framework for instantiating high-performance BLAS-like dense linear algebra libraries. The framework was designed to isolate essential kernels of computation that, when optimized, immediately enable optimized implementations of most of its commonly used and computationally intensive operations. BLIS is written in ISO C99 and available under a new/modified/3-clause BSD license. While BLIS exports a new BLAS-like API, it also includes a BLAS compatibility layer which gives application developers access to BLIS implementations via traditional BLAS routine calls. An object-based API is also available for more experienced users.

The package contains the (-t pthread) version of shared library.

There are three methods to install libblis3-pthread 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 libblis3-pthread Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libblis3-pthread using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libblis3-pthread

Install libblis3-pthread Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libblis3-pthread using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libblis3-pthread

Install libblis3-pthread 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 libblis3-pthread using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libblis3-pthread

How To Uninstall libblis3-pthread on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libblis3-pthread package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libblis3-pthread

Uninstall libblis3-pthread And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libblis3-pthread and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libblis3-pthread

Remove libblis3-pthread Configurations and Data

To remove libblis3-pthread configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libblis3-pthread

Remove libblis3-pthread configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libblis3-pthread configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libblis3-pthread

Dependencies

libblis3-pthread have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libblis3-pthread website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblis3-pthread package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.