How To Install libembree-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libembree-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libembree-dev
libembree-dev is:
Intel(R) Embree is a collection of high-performance ray tracing kernels, developed at Intel. The target users of Intel(R) Embree are graphics application engineers who want to improve the performance of their photo-realistic rendering application by leveraging Embree’s performance-optimized ray tracing kernels. The kernels are optimized for the latest Intel(R) processors with support for SSE, AVX, AVX2, and AVX-512 instructions. Intel(R) Embree supports runtime code selection to choose the traversal and build algorithms that best matches the instruction set of your CPU.
This package contains the headers library for building programs that use Embree.
There are three methods to install libembree-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 libembree-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libembree-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libembree-devInstall libembree-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libembree-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libembree-devInstall libembree-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 libembree-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libembree-devHow To Uninstall libembree-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libembree-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libembree-devUninstall libembree-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libembree-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libembree-devRemove libembree-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libembree-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libembree-devRemove libembree-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libembree-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libembree-devDependencies
libembree-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libembree-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.