How To Install octave-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-common on Kali Linux.

What is octave-common

octave-common is:

Octave is a (mostly MATLAB? compatible) high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command-line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically.

Octave can be dynamically extended with user-supplied C++ files.

This package provides the architecture-independent files (Octave scripts and other helper files).

There are three methods to install octave-common 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 octave-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-common

Install octave-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-common

Install octave-common 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 octave-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install octave-common

How To Uninstall octave-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the octave-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove octave-common

Uninstall octave-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-common

Remove octave-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-common

Remove octave-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-common

Dependencies

octave-common have the following dependencies:

References

• octave-common website

Summary

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