How To Install rocketcea on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rocketcea on Kali Linux. rocketcea is NASA Chemical Equilibrium, wrapped in Python

Introduction

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

What is rocketcea

rocketcea is:

RocketCEA makes direct calls to a modified copy of the NASA FORTRAN CEA code in ??rocket?? mode to calculate Isp, Cstar, Tcham etc. and provides tools to help determine useful mixture ratio range, optimum MR and more.

The modifications to CEA2.f have been made in order to properly handle hydrazine monopropellant??s ammonia dissociation.

A typical use of this program would be to help determine input values for a rocket motor burn simulation program.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rocketcea

Install rocketcea Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rocketcea

Install rocketcea 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 rocketcea using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rocketcea

How To Uninstall rocketcea on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rocketcea

Uninstall rocketcea And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rocketcea

Remove rocketcea Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rocketcea

Remove rocketcea configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rocketcea

Dependencies

rocketcea have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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