How To Install octave-splines on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is octave-splines

octave-splines is:

This package provides functionality to work with additional cubic spline functions in Octave. It contains interpolation functions using cubic splines with various end conditions as well as functions for differentiating splines and plotting them.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-splines

Install octave-splines Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install octave-splines

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

sudo aptitude -y install octave-splines

How To Uninstall octave-splines on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove octave-splines

Uninstall octave-splines And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-splines

Remove octave-splines Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-splines

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

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

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

Dependencies

octave-splines have the following dependencies:

• octave

References

• octave-splines website

Summary

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