How To Install lrcalc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lrcalc on Kali Linux. lrcalc is programs for calculating Littlewood-Richardson coefficients

Introduction

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

What is lrcalc

lrcalc is:

The “Littlewood-Richardson Calculator” is a package of C programs for computing Littlewood-Richardson coefficients, providing fast calculation of single LR coefficients, products of Schur functions, and skew Schur functions. Its interface uses the same notation as the SF package of John Stembridge, to make it easier to use both packages at the same time.

This package contains the command-line programs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lrcalc

Install lrcalc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lrcalc

Install lrcalc 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 lrcalc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lrcalc

How To Uninstall lrcalc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lrcalc

Uninstall lrcalc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lrcalc

Remove lrcalc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lrcalc

Remove lrcalc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lrcalc

Dependencies

lrcalc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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