How To Install planarity on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is planarity

planarity is:

This package contains a command-line reference implementation of the Edge Addition Planarity Algorithm, which is the best linear-time method to embed a planar graph and isolate planarity obstructions.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install planarity

Install planarity Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install planarity

Install planarity 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 planarity using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install planarity

How To Uninstall planarity on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove planarity

Uninstall planarity And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove planarity

Remove planarity Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge planarity

Remove planarity configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge planarity

Dependencies

planarity have the following dependencies:

• libplanarity0
• libc6

References

• planarity website

Summary

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