How To Install libcgal-demo on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgal-demo on Kali Linux.

What is libcgal-demo

libcgal-demo is:

CGAL (Computational Geometry Algorithms Library) makes the most important of the solutions and methods developed in computational geometry available to users in industry and academia in a C++ library. The goal is to provide easy access to useful, reliable geometric algorithms.

This package contains the demos and examples.

There are three methods to install libcgal-demo 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 libcgal-demo Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcgal-demo

Install libcgal-demo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcgal-demo

Install libcgal-demo 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 libcgal-demo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcgal-demo

How To Uninstall libcgal-demo on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcgal-demo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcgal-demo

Uninstall libcgal-demo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcgal-demo

Remove libcgal-demo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcgal-demo

Remove libcgal-demo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcgal-demo

Dependencies

libcgal-demo have the following dependencies:

• libcgal-dev

References

• libcgal-demo website

Summary

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