How To Install rubiks on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rubiks

rubiks is:

This package contains several different Rubik’s cube solvers, either useful directly on the command-line or through sagemath.

Michael Reid’s “optimal” uses pre-computed tables to find an optimal solution to the 3x3x3 Rubik’s cube.

Dik T.Winter’s “dikcube” uses Kociemba’s algorithm to iteratively find a short solution to the 3x3x3 cube.

Eric Dietz’ “cubex” has fast non-optimal solver for the 3x3x3 cube.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rubiks

Install rubiks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rubiks

Install rubiks 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 rubiks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rubiks

How To Uninstall rubiks on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rubiks

Uninstall rubiks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rubiks

Remove rubiks Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rubiks

Remove rubiks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rubiks

Dependencies

rubiks have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• rubiks website

Summary

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