How To Install libptscotch-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libptscotch-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libptscotch-dev
libptscotch-dev is:
Headers and 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-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 libptscotch-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libptscotch-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libptscotch-devInstall libptscotch-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libptscotch-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libptscotch-devInstall libptscotch-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 libptscotch-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libptscotch-devHow To Uninstall libptscotch-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libptscotch-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libptscotch-devUninstall libptscotch-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libptscotch-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libptscotch-devRemove libptscotch-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libptscotch-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libptscotch-devRemove libptscotch-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libptscotch-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libptscotch-devDependencies
libptscotch-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libptscotch-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.