How To Install libhomfly0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhomfly0 on Kali Linux. libhomfly0 is compute the homfly polynomial of a link

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhomfly0 on Kali Linux.

What is libhomfly0

libhomfly0 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.

There are three methods to install libhomfly0 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 libhomfly0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhomfly0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhomfly0

Install libhomfly0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhomfly0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhomfly0

Install libhomfly0 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 libhomfly0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhomfly0

How To Uninstall libhomfly0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libhomfly0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhomfly0

Uninstall libhomfly0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhomfly0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhomfly0

Remove libhomfly0 Configurations and Data

To remove libhomfly0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhomfly0

Remove libhomfly0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhomfly0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhomfly0

Dependencies

libhomfly0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhomfly0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.