How To Install libstarlink-pal0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstarlink-pal0 on Kali Linux. libstarlink-pal0 is Positional Astronomy Library (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstarlink-pal0 on Kali Linux.

libstarlink-pal0 is:

This library is a collection of code designed to aid in replacing the SLA library with code from NOVAS and ERFA.

Where possible the API is similar to the C SLA API except for the use of a “pal” prefix.

This library contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libstarlink-pal0 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.

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libstarlink-pal0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libstarlink-pal0

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libstarlink-pal0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libstarlink-pal0

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 libstarlink-pal0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libstarlink-pal0

To uninstall only the libstarlink-pal0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libstarlink-pal0

To uninstall libstarlink-pal0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstarlink-pal0

To remove libstarlink-pal0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libstarlink-pal0

We can use the following command to remove libstarlink-pal0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstarlink-pal0

Dependencies

libstarlink-pal0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstarlink-pal0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.