How To Install mpb-scm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mpb-scm

mpb-scm 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 files for initialisation of MPB.

There are three methods to install mpb-scm 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-scm 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-scm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mpb-scm

Install mpb-scm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mpb-scm

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

sudo aptitude -y install mpb-scm

How To Uninstall mpb-scm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mpb-scm

Uninstall mpb-scm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpb-scm

Remove mpb-scm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mpb-scm

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

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

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

Dependencies

mpb-scm have the following dependencies:

References

• mpb-scm website

Summary

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