How To Install libhomfly-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhomfly-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libhomfly-dev
libhomfly-dev is:
libhomfly is a library to compute the homfly polynomial of knots and links.
It is based on a program written by Robert J Jenkins Jr.
This package contains the development files for the library.
There are three methods to install libhomfly-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 libhomfly-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libhomfly-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhomfly-devInstall libhomfly-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libhomfly-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhomfly-devInstall libhomfly-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 libhomfly-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhomfly-devHow To Uninstall libhomfly-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libhomfly-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhomfly-devUninstall libhomfly-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhomfly-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhomfly-devRemove libhomfly-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhomfly-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhomfly-devRemove libhomfly-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhomfly-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhomfly-devDependencies
libhomfly-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhomfly-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
