How To Install libcgal-qt5-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgal-qt5-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libcgal-qt5-dev
libcgal-qt5-dev 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 header files for visualization with Qt.
There are three methods to install libcgal-qt5-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 libcgal-qt5-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcgal-qt5-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcgal-qt5-devInstall libcgal-qt5-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcgal-qt5-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcgal-qt5-devInstall libcgal-qt5-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 libcgal-qt5-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcgal-qt5-devHow To Uninstall libcgal-qt5-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libcgal-qt5-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcgal-qt5-devUninstall libcgal-qt5-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcgal-qt5-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcgal-qt5-devRemove libcgal-qt5-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcgal-qt5-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcgal-qt5-devRemove libcgal-qt5-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcgal-qt5-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcgal-qt5-devDependencies
libcgal-qt5-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgal-qt5-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
