How To Install libnlopt-cxx-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnlopt-cxx-dev on Kali Linux. libnlopt-cxx-dev is nonlinear optimization library – development package for C++

Introduction

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

What is libnlopt-cxx-dev

libnlopt-cxx-dev is:

NLopt is a free/open-source library for nonlinear optimization, providing a common interface for a number of different free optimization routines available online as well as original implementations of various other algorithms. Its features include:

* Callable from C, C++, Fortran, GNU Octave, Python, GNU Guile, GNU R.
* A common interface for many different algorithms
* Support for large-scale optimization.
* Both global and local optimization algorithms.
* Algorithms using function values only (derivative-free) and also
  algorithms exploiting user-supplied gradients.
* Algorithms for unconstrained optimization, bound-constrained optimization,
  and general nonlinear inequality/equality constraints.

This package contains the header files, static libraries and symbolic links that developers using NLopt library with C++ will need.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnlopt-cxx-dev

Install libnlopt-cxx-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnlopt-cxx-dev

Install libnlopt-cxx-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 libnlopt-cxx-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnlopt-cxx-dev

How To Uninstall libnlopt-cxx-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libnlopt-cxx-dev

Uninstall libnlopt-cxx-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnlopt-cxx-dev

Remove libnlopt-cxx-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libnlopt-cxx-dev

Remove libnlopt-cxx-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnlopt-cxx-dev

Dependencies

libnlopt-cxx-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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