How To Install libopenblas64-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas64-dev on Kali Linux. libopenblas64-dev is Optimized BLAS (linear algebra) library (dev, 64bit, meta)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas64-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libopenblas64-dev

libopenblas64-dev is:

OpenBLAS is an optimized BLAS library based on GotoBLAS2 1.13 BSD version.

Unlike Atlas, OpenBLAS provides a multiple architecture library.

All kernel will be included in the library and dynamically switched to the best architecture at run time (only on amd64, arm64, i386, ppc64el and s390x).

This package includes the static libraries and symbolic links needed for program development.

This metapackage provides a 64-bit indexing version.

There are three methods to install libopenblas64-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 libopenblas64-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 libopenblas64-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenblas64-dev

Install libopenblas64-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenblas64-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopenblas64-dev

Install libopenblas64-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 libopenblas64-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenblas64-dev

How To Uninstall libopenblas64-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libopenblas64-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenblas64-dev

Uninstall libopenblas64-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenblas64-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenblas64-dev

Remove libopenblas64-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libopenblas64-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenblas64-dev

Remove libopenblas64-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopenblas64-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenblas64-dev

Dependencies

libopenblas64-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenblas64-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.