How To Install libsimgrid-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimgrid-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libsimgrid-dev
libsimgrid-dev is:
SimGrid is a toolkit that provides core functionalities for the simulation of distributed applications in heterogeneous distributed environments. SimGrid can be used as a Grid simulator, a P2P simulator, a Cloud simulator, a MPI simulator, or a mix of all of them. The typical use-cases of SimGrid include heuristic evaluation, application prototyping, and real application development and tuning.
This package contains the development files that you need to build your own simulator on top of SimGrid (header files and helping scripts) from the C or C++ programming languages.
There are three methods to install libsimgrid-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 libsimgrid-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libsimgrid-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsimgrid-devInstall libsimgrid-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libsimgrid-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsimgrid-devInstall libsimgrid-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 libsimgrid-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsimgrid-devHow To Uninstall libsimgrid-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libsimgrid-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsimgrid-devUninstall libsimgrid-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsimgrid-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsimgrid-devRemove libsimgrid-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsimgrid-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsimgrid-devRemove libsimgrid-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsimgrid-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsimgrid-devDependencies
libsimgrid-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimgrid-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.