How To Install libtbb2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtbb2 on Kali Linux.

What is libtbb2

libtbb2 is:

TBB is a library that helps you leverage multi-core processor performance without having to be a threading expert. It represents a higher-level, task-based parallelism that abstracts platform details and threading mechanism for performance and scalability.

(Note: if you are a user of the i386 architecture, i.e., 32-bit Intel or compatible hardware, this package only supports Pentium4-compatible and higher processors.)

This package includes the TBB runtime files.

There are three methods to install libtbb2 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 libtbb2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtbb2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtbb2

Install libtbb2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtbb2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtbb2

Install libtbb2 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 libtbb2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtbb2

How To Uninstall libtbb2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtbb2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtbb2

Uninstall libtbb2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtbb2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtbb2

Remove libtbb2 Configurations and Data

To remove libtbb2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtbb2

Remove libtbb2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtbb2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtbb2

Dependencies

libtbb2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• libtbb2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtbb2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.