How To Install mpb-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpb-doc on Kali Linux. mpb-doc is MIT Photonic-Bands documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mpb-doc on Kali Linux.

What is mpb-doc

mpb-doc is:

The MIT Photonic-Bands package is a free program for computing the band structures (dispersion relations) and electromagnetic modes of periodic dielectric structures, on both serial and parallel computers. It was developed by Steven G. Johnson at MIT in the Joannopoulos Ab Initio Physics group, and designed to study photonic crystal structures.

This package contains the documentation in HTML format.

There are three methods to install mpb-doc 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 mpb-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mpb-doc

Install mpb-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mpb-doc

Install mpb-doc 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 mpb-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mpb-doc

How To Uninstall mpb-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mpb-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mpb-doc

Uninstall mpb-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpb-doc

Remove mpb-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mpb-doc

Remove mpb-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpb-doc

Dependencies

mpb-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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