How To Install libprimesieve9 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve9 on Kali Linux.

What is libprimesieve9

libprimesieve9 is:

primesieve is a free software program and C/C++ library that generates primes using a highly optimized sieve of Eratosthenes implementation. primesieve can generate primes and prime k-tuplets up to nearly 2^64.

See http://primesieve.org/ for more information.

This package provides the shared library.

There are three methods to install libprimesieve9 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 libprimesieve9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libprimesieve9

Install libprimesieve9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libprimesieve9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libprimesieve9

Install libprimesieve9 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 libprimesieve9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libprimesieve9

How To Uninstall libprimesieve9 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libprimesieve9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libprimesieve9

Uninstall libprimesieve9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libprimesieve9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprimesieve9

Remove libprimesieve9 Configurations and Data

To remove libprimesieve9 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libprimesieve9

Remove libprimesieve9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libprimesieve9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libprimesieve9

Dependencies

libprimesieve9 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• libprimesieve9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libprimesieve9 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.