How To Install libhkl5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhkl5 on Kali Linux.

What is libhkl5

libhkl5 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 the runtime hkl library.

There are three methods to install libhkl5 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 libhkl5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhkl5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhkl5

Install libhkl5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhkl5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhkl5

Install libhkl5 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 libhkl5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhkl5

How To Uninstall libhkl5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libhkl5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhkl5

Uninstall libhkl5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhkl5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhkl5

Remove libhkl5 Configurations and Data

To remove libhkl5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhkl5

Remove libhkl5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhkl5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhkl5

Dependencies

libhkl5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgsl25

References

• libhkl5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhkl5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.