How To Install libeckit0d on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeckit0d on Kali Linux.

What is libeckit0d

libeckit0d is:

ecKit is a cross-platform c++ toolkit that supports development of tools and applications at ECMWF. It is based on code developed over the last 20 years within the MARS software and was re-factored out to be reused by other applications. The main focus is UNIX/POSIX systems, and it has been thoroughly tested on AIX, Linux and Mac OSX. Historically, the code base pre-dates and in some way can be seen as a leaner substitute for some ‘Boost’ libraries.

ECMWF is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

There are three methods to install libeckit0d 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 libeckit0d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libeckit0d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libeckit0d

Install libeckit0d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libeckit0d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libeckit0d

Install libeckit0d 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 libeckit0d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libeckit0d

How To Uninstall libeckit0d on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libeckit0d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libeckit0d

Uninstall libeckit0d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libeckit0d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libeckit0d

Remove libeckit0d Configurations and Data

To remove libeckit0d configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libeckit0d

Remove libeckit0d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libeckit0d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libeckit0d

Dependencies

libeckit0d have the following dependencies:

• libaec0
• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libgcc-s1
• liblz4-1
• libopenblas0
• libopenmpi3
• librsync2
• libsnappy1v5
• libssl1.1
• libstdc++6
• libtinfo6
• libxxhash0

References

• libeckit0d website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libeckit0d package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.