How To Install octave-matgeom on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-matgeom on Kali Linux. octave-matgeom is computational geometry for Octave

Introduction

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

What is octave-matgeom

octave-matgeom is:

This package contain a geometry toolbox for 2D/3D geometric computing in Octave, a numerical computation software. It contains several hundreds of functions for the creation and manipulation of 2D and 3D shapes such as point sets, lines, polygons, 3D meshes, ellipses, etc.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-matgeom

Install octave-matgeom Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-matgeom

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

sudo aptitude -y install octave-matgeom

How To Uninstall octave-matgeom on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove octave-matgeom

Uninstall octave-matgeom And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-matgeom

Remove octave-matgeom Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-matgeom

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

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

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

Dependencies

octave-matgeom have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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