How To Install ripser on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ripser

ripser is:

Ripser computes persistent homology of flag complexes (such as Vietoris-Rips complexes) only, allowing significant gains in computation time and memory usage over the general situation.

See https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.02518.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ripser

Install ripser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ripser

Install ripser 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 ripser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ripser

How To Uninstall ripser on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ripser

Uninstall ripser And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ripser

Remove ripser Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ripser

Remove ripser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ripser

Dependencies

ripser have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• ripser website

Summary

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