How To Install liblapack64-test on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblapack64-test on Kali Linux. liblapack64-test is Library of linear algebra routines 3 - testing programs (64bit-index)

Introduction

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

What is liblapack64-test

liblapack64-test 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.

These testing programs have been run against the shared library in the lapack package. The results have been collected in the files test_results. These programs are provided separately here so that the user can test and compare alternate versions of the lapack libraries, such as those provided by the ATLAS packages, and the lapack package.

Compiled with Fortran option “-fdefault-integer-8”.

There are three methods to install liblapack64-test 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-test 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-test using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblapack64-test

Install liblapack64-test Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblapack64-test

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblapack64-test

How To Uninstall liblapack64-test on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liblapack64-test

Uninstall liblapack64-test And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblapack64-test

Remove liblapack64-test Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblapack64-test

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblapack64-test have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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