How To Install pi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pi on Kali Linux. pi is Compute Archimedes constant Pi to arbitrary precision

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pi on Kali Linux.

What is pi

pi is:

This program computes Archimedes’ constant Pi to arbitrary precision. It is extremely fast and the precision is only limited by your machine’s main memory.

This is a teaser for the CLN library, to which the actual computation is delegated. You may use these decimal digits as random digits or search them for hidden messages. :-)

There are three methods to install pi 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 pi Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pi

Install pi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pi

Install pi 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 pi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pi

How To Uninstall pi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the pi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pi

Uninstall pi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pi

Remove pi Configurations and Data

To remove pi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pi

Remove pi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pi

Dependencies

pi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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