How To Install regina-normal on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install regina-normal on Kali Linux. regina-normal is mathematical software for low-dimensional topology

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install regina-normal on Kali Linux.

What is regina-normal

regina-normal is:

Regina is a software package for 3-manifold and 4-manifold topologists, with a focus on triangulations, knots and links, normal surfaces, and angle structures.

For 3-manifolds, it includes high-level tasks such as 3-sphere recognition, connected sum decomposition and Hakenness testing, comes with a rich database of census manifolds, and incorporates the SnapPea kernel for working with hyperbolic manifolds. For 4-manifolds, it offers a range of combinatorial and algebraic tools, plus support for normal hypersurfaces. For knots and links, Regina can perform combinatorial manipulation, compute knot polynomials, and work with several import/export formats.

Regina comes with a full graphical user interface, as well as Python bindings and a low-level C++ programming interface.

This package includes the graphical user interface and the command-line Python interface. The users’ handbook and the API documentation are in the separate package regina-normal-doc.

There are three methods to install regina-normal 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 regina-normal Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install regina-normal

Install regina-normal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install regina-normal

Install regina-normal 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 regina-normal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install regina-normal

How To Uninstall regina-normal on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the regina-normal package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove regina-normal

Uninstall regina-normal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove regina-normal

Remove regina-normal Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge regina-normal

Remove regina-normal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge regina-normal

Dependencies

regina-normal have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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