How To Install matio-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install matio-tools on Kali Linux.

What is matio-tools

matio-tools is:

matio is a C library for reading and writing MATLAB MAT files.

This package contains a command-line tool, matdump, that can provide a human-readable list of the variables stored in a MATLAB MAT file.

There are three methods to install matio-tools 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 matio-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install matio-tools

Install matio-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install matio-tools

Install matio-tools 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 matio-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install matio-tools

How To Uninstall matio-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the matio-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove matio-tools

Uninstall matio-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove matio-tools

Remove matio-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge matio-tools

Remove matio-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge matio-tools

Dependencies

matio-tools have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libmatio11

References

• matio-tools website

Summary

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