How To Install liblapack64-3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapack64-3 on Kali Linux.

What is liblapack64-3

liblapack64-3 is:

LAPACK version 3.X is a comprehensive FORTRAN library that does linear algebra operations including matrix inversions, least squared solutions to linear sets of equations, eigenvector analysis, singular value decomposition, etc. It is a very comprehensive and reputable package that has found extensive use in the scientific community.

This package contains a shared version of the library. Compiled with Fortran option “-fdefault-integer-8”.

There are three methods to install liblapack64-3 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 liblapack64-3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblapack64-3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblapack64-3

Install liblapack64-3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblapack64-3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblapack64-3

Install liblapack64-3 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 liblapack64-3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblapack64-3

How To Uninstall liblapack64-3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblapack64-3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblapack64-3

Uninstall liblapack64-3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblapack64-3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblapack64-3

Remove liblapack64-3 Configurations and Data

To remove liblapack64-3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblapack64-3

Remove liblapack64-3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblapack64-3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblapack64-3

Dependencies

liblapack64-3 have the following dependencies:

• libblas64-3
• libc6
• libgfortran5

References

• liblapack64-3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapack64-3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.