How To Install libmagics++-metview-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagics++-metview-dev on Kali Linux. libmagics++-metview-dev is Libraries needed for building MetView

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagics++-metview-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libmagics++-metview-dev

libmagics++-metview-dev is:

Magics++ is the latest generation of the ECMWF’s Meteorological plotting software MAGICS. Although completely redesigned in C++, it is intended to be as backwards-compatible as possible with the Fortran interface.

This package includes the header files and static libraries needed to build metview against magics++.

There are three methods to install libmagics++-metview-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 libmagics++-metview-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 libmagics++-metview-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmagics++-metview-dev

Install libmagics++-metview-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmagics++-metview-dev

Install libmagics++-metview-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 libmagics++-metview-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmagics++-metview-dev

How To Uninstall libmagics++-metview-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmagics++-metview-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmagics++-metview-dev

Uninstall libmagics++-metview-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmagics++-metview-dev

Remove libmagics++-metview-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmagics++-metview-dev

Remove libmagics++-metview-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmagics++-metview-dev

Dependencies

libmagics++-metview-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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