How To Install ratpoints on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ratpoints on Kali Linux. ratpoints is find rational points on hyperelliptic curves

Introduction

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

What is ratpoints

ratpoints is:

This program tries to find all rational points within a given height bound on a hyperelliptic curve in a very efficient way, by using an optimized quadratic sieve algorithm.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ratpoints

Install ratpoints Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ratpoints

Install ratpoints 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 ratpoints using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ratpoints

How To Uninstall ratpoints on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ratpoints

Uninstall ratpoints And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ratpoints

Remove ratpoints Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ratpoints

Remove ratpoints configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ratpoints

Dependencies

ratpoints have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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