How To Install libopensurgsim-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopensurgsim-dev on Kali Linux. libopensurgsim-dev is Free platform for surgical simulation - development

Introduction

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

What is libopensurgsim-dev

libopensurgsim-dev is:

OpenSurgSim is C++ toolkit for developing real-time surgical simulations. It lets you build simulators using the included building blocks, such as input device support, haptic feedback, graphics, collision detection and physics simulation.

This package contains the development files needed to build your own OpenSurgSim applications.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopensurgsim-dev

Install libopensurgsim-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopensurgsim-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopensurgsim-dev

How To Uninstall libopensurgsim-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libopensurgsim-dev

Uninstall libopensurgsim-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopensurgsim-dev

Remove libopensurgsim-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libopensurgsim-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopensurgsim-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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