How To Install octave-specfun on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is octave-specfun

octave-specfun is:

This package provides special mathematical functions for octave, including elliptic functions, sine integral, exponential integrals, Dirac delta distribution, and the Riemann zeta function.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-specfun

Install octave-specfun Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-specfun

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

sudo aptitude -y install octave-specfun

How To Uninstall octave-specfun on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove octave-specfun

Uninstall octave-specfun And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-specfun

Remove octave-specfun Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-specfun

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

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

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

Dependencies

octave-specfun have the following dependencies:

• octave

References

• octave-specfun website

Summary

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