How To Install liblinbox-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblinbox-dev on Kali Linux. liblinbox-dev is Library for exact linear algebra - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblinbox-dev on Kali Linux.

What is liblinbox-dev

liblinbox-dev is:

LinBox is a C++ template library for exact, high-performance linear algebra computation with dense, sparse, and structured matrices over the integers and over finite fields.

This package contains the LinBox development files.

There are three methods to install liblinbox-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 liblinbox-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblinbox-dev

Install liblinbox-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblinbox-dev

Install liblinbox-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install liblinbox-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblinbox-dev

How To Uninstall liblinbox-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblinbox-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblinbox-dev

Uninstall liblinbox-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblinbox-dev

Remove liblinbox-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblinbox-dev

Remove liblinbox-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblinbox-dev

Dependencies

liblinbox-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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