How To Install libhkl-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhkl-dev on Kali Linux. libhkl-dev is diffractometer computation control library - development files

Introduction

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

What is libhkl-dev

libhkl-dev is:

The hkl library is a framework for diffraction computation and diffractometer control, heavily used at the SOLEIL synchrotron. It supports various types of diffractometer geometry: Eulerian 4-circle, Eulerian 6-circle, kappa 4-circle, kappa 6-circle, and z-axis geometry. For each of these it provides several numerically computed modes, such as bisector and constant psi.

This package provides everything needed to link against hkl.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhkl-dev

Install libhkl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhkl-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libhkl-dev

How To Uninstall libhkl-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libhkl-dev

Uninstall libhkl-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhkl-dev

Remove libhkl-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhkl-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libhkl-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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