How To Install libccolamd2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libccolamd2 on Kali Linux.

What is libccolamd2

libccolamd2 is:

Suitesparse is a collection of libraries for computations involving sparse matrices.

The CCOLAMD library implements the “Constrained COLumn Approximate Minimum Degree ordering” algorithm. It computes a permutation vector P such that the LU factorization of A (:,P) tends to be sparser than that of A. The Cholesky factorization of (A (:,P))’*(A (:,P)) will also tend to be sparser than that of A’*A.

There are three methods to install libccolamd2 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 libccolamd2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libccolamd2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libccolamd2

Install libccolamd2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libccolamd2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libccolamd2

Install libccolamd2 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 libccolamd2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libccolamd2

How To Uninstall libccolamd2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libccolamd2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libccolamd2

Uninstall libccolamd2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libccolamd2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libccolamd2

Remove libccolamd2 Configurations and Data

To remove libccolamd2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libccolamd2

Remove libccolamd2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libccolamd2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libccolamd2

Dependencies

libccolamd2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libsuitesparseconfig5

References

• libccolamd2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libccolamd2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.