How To Install psychtoolbox-3-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install psychtoolbox-3-common on Kali Linux.
What is psychtoolbox-3-common
psychtoolbox-3-common is:
Psychophysics Toolbox Version 3 (PTB-3) is a free set of Matlab and GNU/Octave functions for vision research. It makes it easy to synthesize and show accurately controlled visual and auditory stimuli and interact with the observer.
The Psychophysics Toolbox interfaces between Matlab or Octave and the computer hardware. The Psychtoolbox’s core routines provide access to the display frame buffer and color lookup table, allow synchronization with the vertical retrace, support millisecond timing, allow access to OpenGL commands, and facilitate the collection of observer responses. Ancillary routines support common needs like color space transformations and the QUEST threshold seeking algorithm.
This package contains architecture independent files (such as .m scripts)
There are three methods to install psychtoolbox-3-common 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 psychtoolbox-3-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install psychtoolbox-3-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install psychtoolbox-3-commonInstall psychtoolbox-3-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install psychtoolbox-3-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install psychtoolbox-3-commonInstall psychtoolbox-3-common 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install psychtoolbox-3-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install psychtoolbox-3-commonHow To Uninstall psychtoolbox-3-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the psychtoolbox-3-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove psychtoolbox-3-commonUninstall psychtoolbox-3-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall psychtoolbox-3-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove psychtoolbox-3-commonRemove psychtoolbox-3-common Configurations and Data
To remove psychtoolbox-3-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge psychtoolbox-3-commonRemove psychtoolbox-3-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove psychtoolbox-3-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psychtoolbox-3-commonDependencies
psychtoolbox-3-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install psychtoolbox-3-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
