How To Install octave-divand on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is octave-divand

octave-divand is:

This package contains functions for performing multidimensional variational analysis in Octave, a scientific computation software. They allow the interpolation and analysis of observations on curvilinear orthogonal grids in an arbitrary high dimensional space by minimizing a cost function.

This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-divand

Install octave-divand Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-divand

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

sudo aptitude -y install octave-divand

How To Uninstall octave-divand on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove octave-divand

Uninstall octave-divand And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-divand

Remove octave-divand Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-divand

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

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

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

Dependencies

octave-divand have the following dependencies:

• octave

References

• octave-divand website

Summary

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