How To Install libscotch-6.1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libscotch-6.1

libscotch-6.1 is:

Shared libraries package for 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 libscotch-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 libscotch-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 libscotch-6.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libscotch-6.1

Install libscotch-6.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libscotch-6.1

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

sudo aptitude -y install libscotch-6.1

How To Uninstall libscotch-6.1 on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libscotch-6.1

Uninstall libscotch-6.1 And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscotch-6.1

Remove libscotch-6.1 Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libscotch-6.1

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

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

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

Dependencies

libscotch-6.1 have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• liblzma5
• zlib1g

References

• libscotch-6.1 website

Summary

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