How To Install libmumps-headers-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmumps-headers-dev on Kali Linux. libmumps-headers-dev is Direct linear systems solver - development header files

Introduction

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

What is libmumps-headers-dev

libmumps-headers-dev is:

MUMPS implements a direct solver for large sparse linear systems, with a particular focus on symmetric positive definite matrices. It can operate on distributed matrices e.g. over a cluster. It has Fortran and C interfaces, and can interface with ordering tools such as Scotch.

This package provides MUMPS header files used by libmumps*-dev packages.

There are three methods to install libmumps-headers-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 libmumps-headers-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 libmumps-headers-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmumps-headers-dev

Install libmumps-headers-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmumps-headers-dev

Install libmumps-headers-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 libmumps-headers-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmumps-headers-dev

How To Uninstall libmumps-headers-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmumps-headers-dev

Uninstall libmumps-headers-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmumps-headers-dev

Remove libmumps-headers-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmumps-headers-dev

Remove libmumps-headers-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmumps-headers-dev

Dependencies

libmumps-headers-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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