How To Install mongoose on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mongoose

mongoose is:

Suitesparse is a collection of libraries for computations involving sparse matrices.

Mongoose is a graph partitioning library that can quickly compute edge cuts in arbitrary graph. Given a graph with a vertex set and edge set, an edge cut is a partitioning of the graph into two subgraphs that are balanced (contain the same number of vertices) and the connectivity between the subgraphs is minimized (few edges are in the cut).

This package contains the standalone executable.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mongoose

Install mongoose Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mongoose

Install mongoose 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 mongoose using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mongoose

How To Uninstall mongoose on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mongoose

Uninstall mongoose And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mongoose

Remove mongoose Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mongoose

Remove mongoose configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mongoose

Dependencies

mongoose have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libmongoose2

References

• mongoose website

Summary

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