How To Install libbullet-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbullet-dev on Kali Linux. libbullet-dev is professional 3D Game Multiphysics Library – development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbullet-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libbullet-dev

libbullet-dev is:

Bullet professional 3D Game Multiphysics Library provides state of the art collision detection, soft body and rigid body dynamics.

  • Used by many movie and game companies in AAA titles on Playstation 3, XBox 360, Nintendo Wii, PC, Android and iPhone.
  • Modular extendible C++ design with hot-swap of most components.
  • Discrete and continuous collision detection (CCD).
  • Swept collision queries.
  • Ray casting with custom collision filtering.
  • Generic convex support (using GJK), capsule, cylinder, cone, sphere, box and non-convex triangle meshes.
  • Support for dynamic deformation of non-convex triangle meshes, by refitting the acceleration structures.

Multiphysics support including:

  • Rigid body dynamics including constraint solvers, generic constraints, ragdolls, hinge, ball-socket.
  • Support for constraint limits and motors.
  • Soft body support including cloth, rope and deformable.
  • Bullet is integrated into Blender.
  • Serialization of physics data in the cross-platform binary bullet file format.

This package contains development files for Bullet.

There are three methods to install libbullet-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 libbullet-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbullet-dev

Install libbullet-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbullet-dev

Install libbullet-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libbullet-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbullet-dev

How To Uninstall libbullet-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbullet-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbullet-dev

Uninstall libbullet-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbullet-dev

Remove libbullet-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libbullet-dev

Remove libbullet-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbullet-dev

Dependencies

libbullet-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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