How To Install libpolyclipping-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolyclipping-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libpolyclipping-dev
libpolyclipping-dev is:
The Clipper library performs polygon clipping, polygon offsetting and polyline offsetting. All four boolean clipping operations are supported - intersection, union, difference and exclusive-or. Also, there are no restrictions on the types of polygons that can be clipped - they can have holes, be self-intersecting, have coincident edges etc.
These are the files needed for compiling programs with libpolyclipping.
There are three methods to install libpolyclipping-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 libpolyclipping-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpolyclipping-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpolyclipping-devInstall libpolyclipping-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpolyclipping-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpolyclipping-devInstall libpolyclipping-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpolyclipping-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpolyclipping-devHow To Uninstall libpolyclipping-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpolyclipping-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpolyclipping-devUninstall libpolyclipping-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpolyclipping-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpolyclipping-devRemove libpolyclipping-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpolyclipping-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpolyclipping-devRemove libpolyclipping-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpolyclipping-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpolyclipping-devDependencies
libpolyclipping-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpolyclipping-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.