How To Install matlab-support on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install matlab-support on Kali Linux. matlab-support is distro integration for local MATLAB installations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install matlab-support on Kali Linux.

What is matlab-support

matlab-support is:

This package does not provide MATLAB. Instead, it configures an existing MATLAB installation to integrate more comfortably in a Debian installation.

Currently it provides /usr/bin/matlab through the alternatives system, offers to work around incompatibilities between the libraries bundled with MATLAB and system libraries, and provides a helper utility meant to be used by other packages to compile MEX extensions.

Install this if you would like your MATLAB installation to behave more like an ordinary Debian package. Other packages may depend on this one if they install MATLAB code, for example in order to compile MEX extensions.

There are three methods to install matlab-support 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 matlab-support Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install matlab-support

Install matlab-support Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install matlab-support

Install matlab-support 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 matlab-support using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install matlab-support

How To Uninstall matlab-support on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the matlab-support package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove matlab-support

Uninstall matlab-support And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove matlab-support

Remove matlab-support Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge matlab-support

Remove matlab-support configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge matlab-support

Dependencies

matlab-support have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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