How To Install octave-sockets on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-sockets on Kali Linux. octave-sockets is communication through Internet sockets in Octave

Introduction

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

What is octave-sockets

octave-sockets is:

This package provides functions to work with sockets in octave, mimicking the Unix socket API (socket, connect, disconnect, gethostbyname, send, recv, bind, listen, and accept)

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-sockets

Install octave-sockets Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-sockets

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

sudo aptitude -y install octave-sockets

How To Uninstall octave-sockets on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove octave-sockets

Uninstall octave-sockets And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-sockets

Remove octave-sockets Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-sockets

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

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

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

Dependencies

octave-sockets have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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