How To Install libmetkit-data on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetkit-data on Kali Linux. libmetkit-data is Data used by the ECMWF Metkit Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetkit-data on Kali Linux.

What is libmetkit-data

libmetkit-data is:

MetKit is a toolkit from ECMWF for manipulating and describing meteorological objects, implementing the MARS language and associated processing and semantics.

This package contains data used by Metkit

There are three methods to install libmetkit-data 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 libmetkit-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmetkit-data

Install libmetkit-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmetkit-data

Install libmetkit-data 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 libmetkit-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmetkit-data

How To Uninstall libmetkit-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmetkit-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmetkit-data

Uninstall libmetkit-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmetkit-data

Remove libmetkit-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmetkit-data

Remove libmetkit-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmetkit-data

Dependencies

libmetkit-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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