How To Install libptscotch-6.1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libptscotch-6.1 on Kali Linux.

What is libptscotch-6.1

libptscotch-6.1 is:

Shared libraries package for PT-SCOTCH, the MPI version of scotch, which is a set of programs and libraries which implement the static mapping and sparse matrix reordering algorithms developed within the SCOTCH project.

There are three methods to install libptscotch-6.1 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 libptscotch-6.1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libptscotch-6.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libptscotch-6.1

Install libptscotch-6.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libptscotch-6.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libptscotch-6.1

Install libptscotch-6.1 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 libptscotch-6.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libptscotch-6.1

How To Uninstall libptscotch-6.1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libptscotch-6.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libptscotch-6.1

Uninstall libptscotch-6.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libptscotch-6.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libptscotch-6.1

Remove libptscotch-6.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libptscotch-6.1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libptscotch-6.1

Remove libptscotch-6.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libptscotch-6.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libptscotch-6.1

Dependencies

libptscotch-6.1 have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• liblzma5
• libopenmpi3
• zlib1g

References

• libptscotch-6.1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libptscotch-6.1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.