How To Install octave-psychtoolbox-3 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-psychtoolbox-3 on Kali Linux.
What is octave-psychtoolbox-3
octave-psychtoolbox-3 is:
Psychophysics Toolbox Version 3 (PTB-3) is a free set of Matlab and GNU/Octave functions for vision research. It makes it easy to synthesize and show accurately controlled visual and auditory stimuli and interact with the observer.
The Psychophysics Toolbox interfaces between Matlab or Octave and the computer hardware. The Psychtoolbox’s core routines provide access to the display frame buffer and color lookup table, allow synchronization with the vertical retrace, support millisecond timing, allow access to OpenGL commands, and facilitate the collection of observer responses. Ancillary routines support common needs like color space transformations and the QUEST threshold seeking algorithm.
See also http://www.psychtoolbox.org/UsingPsychtoolboxOnUbuntu for additional information about systems tune-up and initial configuration.
This package contains bindings for Octave.
There are three methods to install octave-psychtoolbox-3 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-psychtoolbox-3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install octave-psychtoolbox-3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-psychtoolbox-3Install octave-psychtoolbox-3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install octave-psychtoolbox-3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-psychtoolbox-3Install octave-psychtoolbox-3 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 octave-psychtoolbox-3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-psychtoolbox-3How To Uninstall octave-psychtoolbox-3 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the octave-psychtoolbox-3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-psychtoolbox-3Uninstall octave-psychtoolbox-3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-psychtoolbox-3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-psychtoolbox-3Remove octave-psychtoolbox-3 Configurations and Data
To remove octave-psychtoolbox-3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-psychtoolbox-3Remove octave-psychtoolbox-3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-psychtoolbox-3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-psychtoolbox-3Dependencies
octave-psychtoolbox-3 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-psychtoolbox-3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
