How To Install libqalculate20 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqalculate20 on Kali Linux.

What is libqalculate20

libqalculate20 is:

Qalculate! is small and simple to use but with much power and versatility underneath. Features include customizable functions, units, arbitrary precision, plotting, and a graphical interface that uses a one-line fault-tolerant expression entry (although it supports optional traditional buttons).

This package contains the shared library used by all Qalculate! frontends.

There are three methods to install libqalculate20 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 libqalculate20 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libqalculate20 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libqalculate20

Install libqalculate20 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libqalculate20 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libqalculate20

Install libqalculate20 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 libqalculate20 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libqalculate20

How To Uninstall libqalculate20 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libqalculate20 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libqalculate20

Uninstall libqalculate20 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libqalculate20 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqalculate20

Remove libqalculate20 Configurations and Data

To remove libqalculate20 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libqalculate20

Remove libqalculate20 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libqalculate20 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqalculate20

Dependencies

libqalculate20 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libgcc-s1
• libgmp10
• libicu67
• libmpfr6
• libstdc++6
• libxml2
• libqalculate20-data

References

• libqalculate20 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libqalculate20 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.