How To Install libnauty2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnauty2 on Kali Linux.

What is libnauty2

libnauty2 is:

nauty (No AUTomorphisms, Yes?) is a set of procedures for computing automorphism groups of graphs and digraphs. This mathematical software suite is developed by Brendan McKay and Adolfo Piperno: http://pallini.di.uniroma1.it

nauty computes graph information in the form of a set of generators, the size of the group, and the orbits of the group; it can also produce a canonical label. The nauty suite is written in C and comes with a command-line interface, a collection of command-line tools, and an Application Programming Interface (API).

This package provides the shared libraries required to run programs compiled against the nauty library. To compile your own programs you also need to install the libnauty2-dev package.

There are three methods to install libnauty2 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 libnauty2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnauty2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnauty2

Install libnauty2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnauty2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnauty2

Install libnauty2 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 libnauty2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnauty2

How To Uninstall libnauty2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnauty2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnauty2

Uninstall libnauty2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnauty2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnauty2

Remove libnauty2 Configurations and Data

To remove libnauty2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnauty2

Remove libnauty2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnauty2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnauty2

Dependencies

libnauty2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcliquer1

References

• libnauty2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnauty2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.