How To Install libelemental-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libelemental-dev on Kali Linux. libelemental-dev is Periodic Table viewer (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libelemental-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libelemental-dev

libelemental-dev is:

gElemental is a GTK+ periodic table viewer that provides detailed information about chemical elements.

It features a table view which allows the elements to be coloured thematically by several properties, a sortable list view and an element properties dialog, displaying a variety of information, including historical, thermodynamic, electrochemical, and crystallographic properties.

This package contains the development libraries and headers.

There are three methods to install libelemental-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 libelemental-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libelemental-dev

Install libelemental-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libelemental-dev

Install libelemental-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libelemental-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libelemental-dev

How To Uninstall libelemental-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libelemental-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libelemental-dev

Uninstall libelemental-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libelemental-dev

Remove libelemental-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libelemental-dev

Remove libelemental-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libelemental-dev

Dependencies

libelemental-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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