How To Install octave-econometrics on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-econometrics on Kali Linux. octave-econometrics is econometrics functions for Octave

Introduction

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

What is octave-econometrics

octave-econometrics is:

This package provides functions to work with econometrics in Octave, a numerical computation software. The functions include methods to do maximum likelihood (mle_estimate) and general method of moments (gmm_estimate) based estimations.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-econometrics

Install octave-econometrics Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-econometrics

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

sudo aptitude -y install octave-econometrics

How To Uninstall octave-econometrics on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove octave-econometrics

Uninstall octave-econometrics And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-econometrics

Remove octave-econometrics Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-econometrics

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

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

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

Dependencies

octave-econometrics have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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