How To Install libpetsc-real3.14-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc-real3.14-dev on Kali Linux. libpetsc-real3.14-dev is Static libraries, shared links, header files for PETSc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc-real3.14-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libpetsc-real3.14-dev

libpetsc-real3.14-dev is:

PETSc is the “Portable Extensible Toolkit for Scientific Computation”, a suite of data structures and routines for the scalable (parallel) solution of scientific applications modeled by partial differential equations. It employs the MPI standard for all message-passing communication. Several sample scientific applications, as well as various papers and talks, demonstrate the features of the PETSc libraries.

This package provides the development files for building applications using PETSc 3.14 with real numbers.

There are three methods to install libpetsc-real3.14-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 libpetsc-real3.14-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 libpetsc-real3.14-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpetsc-real3.14-dev

Install libpetsc-real3.14-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpetsc-real3.14-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpetsc-real3.14-dev

Install libpetsc-real3.14-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 libpetsc-real3.14-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpetsc-real3.14-dev

How To Uninstall libpetsc-real3.14-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpetsc-real3.14-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpetsc-real3.14-dev

Uninstall libpetsc-real3.14-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpetsc-real3.14-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpetsc-real3.14-dev

Remove libpetsc-real3.14-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpetsc-real3.14-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpetsc-real3.14-dev

Remove libpetsc-real3.14-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpetsc-real3.14-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpetsc-real3.14-dev

Dependencies

libpetsc-real3.14-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpetsc-real3.14-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.