How To Install octave-quaternion on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is octave-quaternion

octave-quaternion is:

This package implements the manipulation of quaternions used for frame transformation. It runs under Octave, a scientific computation software.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-quaternion

Install octave-quaternion Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-quaternion

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

sudo aptitude -y install octave-quaternion

How To Uninstall octave-quaternion on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove octave-quaternion

Uninstall octave-quaternion And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-quaternion

Remove octave-quaternion Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-quaternion

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

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

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

Dependencies

octave-quaternion have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• octave-abi-55
• octave

References

• octave-quaternion website

Summary

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