How To Install med-physics on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install med-physics on Kali Linux.

What is med-physics

med-physics is:

This metapackage contains dependencies for a collection of software and documentation which is useful for medical physicists in radiation oncology, diagnostics imaging and related fields.

There are three methods to install med-physics 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 med-physics Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install med-physics

Install med-physics Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install med-physics

Install med-physics 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 med-physics using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install med-physics

How To Uninstall med-physics on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the med-physics package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove med-physics

Uninstall med-physics And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove med-physics

Remove med-physics Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge med-physics

Remove med-physics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge med-physics

Dependencies

med-physics have the following dependencies:

• med-config
• med-tasks

References

• med-physics website

Summary

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