How To Install libp4est-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libp4est-dev on Kali Linux. libp4est-dev is Algorithms for Parallel Adaptive Mesh Refinement - development files

Introduction

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

What is libp4est-dev

libp4est-dev 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 development files.

There are three methods to install libp4est-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 libp4est-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 libp4est-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libp4est-dev

Install libp4est-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libp4est-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libp4est-dev

How To Uninstall libp4est-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libp4est-dev

Uninstall libp4est-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libp4est-dev

Remove libp4est-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libp4est-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libp4est-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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