How To Install nexus-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nexus-tools on Kali Linux.
What is nexus-tools
nexus-tools is:
NeXus is a common data format for neutron, X-ray, and muon science. It is being developed as an international standard by scientists and programmers representing major scientific facilities in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America in order to facilitate greater cooperation in the analysis and visualization of neutron, X-ray, and muon data.
This is the package containing some applications for reading and writing NeXus files.
There are three methods to install nexus-tools 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 nexus-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nexus-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nexus-toolsInstall nexus-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nexus-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nexus-toolsInstall nexus-tools 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nexus-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nexus-toolsHow To Uninstall nexus-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nexus-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nexus-toolsUninstall nexus-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nexus-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nexus-toolsRemove nexus-tools Configurations and Data
To remove nexus-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nexus-toolsRemove nexus-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nexus-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nexus-toolsDependencies
nexus-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nexus-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
