How To Install libdogleg2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdogleg2 on Kali Linux.

What is libdogleg2

libdogleg2 is:

Solves unconstrained nonlinear least squares problems using Powell’s dog-leg method. The user specifies a callback C function that returns the value and gradients of the model function at a particular operating point. This library takes a series of dog-leg steps to find a local minimum of the residual surface.

This library works with sparse matrices, which makes it suitable for efficiently solving very large problems.

There are three methods to install libdogleg2 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 libdogleg2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdogleg2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdogleg2

Install libdogleg2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdogleg2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdogleg2

Install libdogleg2 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 libdogleg2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdogleg2

How To Uninstall libdogleg2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libdogleg2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdogleg2

Uninstall libdogleg2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdogleg2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdogleg2

Remove libdogleg2 Configurations and Data

To remove libdogleg2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdogleg2

Remove libdogleg2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdogleg2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdogleg2

Dependencies

libdogleg2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcholmod3

References

• libdogleg2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdogleg2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.