How To Install libcombblas-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcombblas-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libcombblas-dev
libcombblas-dev is:
The Combinatorial BLAS (CombBLAS) is an extensible distributed-memory parallel graph library offering a small but powerful set of linear algebra primitives specifically targeting graph analytics.
- The Combinatorial BLAS development influences the Graph BLAS standardization process.
- It achieves scalability via its two dimensional distribution and coarse-grained parallelism.
- CombBLAS powers HipMCL, a highly-scalable parallel implementation of the Markov Cluster Algorithm (MCL).
- Operations among sparse matrices and vectors use arbitrary user defined semirings.
This package provides development files for building client applications against combblas.
There are three methods to install libcombblas-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 libcombblas-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcombblas-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcombblas-devInstall libcombblas-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcombblas-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcombblas-devInstall libcombblas-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 libcombblas-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcombblas-devHow To Uninstall libcombblas-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libcombblas-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcombblas-devUninstall libcombblas-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcombblas-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcombblas-devRemove libcombblas-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcombblas-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcombblas-devRemove libcombblas-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcombblas-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcombblas-devDependencies
libcombblas-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcombblas-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
