How To Install libwildmagic5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwildmagic5 on Kali Linux.

What is libwildmagic5

libwildmagic5 is:

The WildMagic5 libraries are meant to help developers perform computing tasks in the following specialties:

• computer graphics;
• mathematics;
• physics;
• numerical methods;
• image analysis.

This package ships these libraries:

• The LibCore library contains some basic support that applications need. Some of this support is for convenience during development;
• The LibMathematics library;
• The LibGraphics library;
• The LibPhysics library;
• The LibApplications library.

There are three methods to install libwildmagic5 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 libwildmagic5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwildmagic5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwildmagic5

Install libwildmagic5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwildmagic5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwildmagic5

Install libwildmagic5 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 libwildmagic5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwildmagic5

How To Uninstall libwildmagic5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwildmagic5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwildmagic5

Uninstall libwildmagic5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwildmagic5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwildmagic5

Remove libwildmagic5 Configurations and Data

To remove libwildmagic5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwildmagic5

Remove libwildmagic5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwildmagic5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwildmagic5

Dependencies

libwildmagic5 have the following dependencies:

• libwildmagic-common
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libgl1
• libstdc++6
• libx11-6

References

• libwildmagic5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwildmagic5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.