How To Install libgnucap-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnucap-dev on Kali Linux. libgnucap-dev is GNU Circuit Analysis package, development library

Introduction

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

What is libgnucap-dev

libgnucap-dev is:

Gnucap is a general purpose circuit simulator. It performs nonlinear dc and transient analyses, Fourier analysis, and ac analysis linearized at an operating point. It is fully interactive and command driven. It can also be run in batch mode or as a server.

This package contains the symlink to the shared library.

There are three methods to install libgnucap-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 libgnucap-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 libgnucap-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnucap-dev

Install libgnucap-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgnucap-dev

Install libgnucap-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 libgnucap-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnucap-dev

How To Uninstall libgnucap-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgnucap-dev

Uninstall libgnucap-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnucap-dev

Remove libgnucap-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnucap-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libgnucap-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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