How To Install libp4est-2.2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libp4est-2.2 on Kali Linux.

What is libp4est-2.2

libp4est-2.2 is:

The p4est software library enables the dynamic management of a collection of adaptive octrees, conveniently called a forest of octrees. p4est is designed to work in parallel and scale to hundreds of thousands of processor cores.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libp4est-2.2 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 libp4est-2.2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libp4est-2.2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libp4est-2.2

Install libp4est-2.2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libp4est-2.2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libp4est-2.2

Install libp4est-2.2 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 libp4est-2.2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libp4est-2.2

How To Uninstall libp4est-2.2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libp4est-2.2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libp4est-2.2

Uninstall libp4est-2.2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libp4est-2.2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libp4est-2.2

Remove libp4est-2.2 Configurations and Data

To remove libp4est-2.2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libp4est-2.2

Remove libp4est-2.2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libp4est-2.2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libp4est-2.2

Dependencies

libp4est-2.2 have the following dependencies:

• libblas3
• libc6
• liblapack3
• libopenmpi3
• libp4est-sc-2.2
• zlib1g

References

• libp4est-2.2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libp4est-2.2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.