How To Install science-simulations on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install science-simulations on Kali Linux.

What is science-simulations

science-simulations is:

This metapackage will install Debian Science packages that are used to do simulations in different fields of science.

There are three methods to install science-simulations 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 science-simulations Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install science-simulations

Install science-simulations Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install science-simulations

Install science-simulations 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 science-simulations using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install science-simulations

How To Uninstall science-simulations on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the science-simulations package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove science-simulations

Uninstall science-simulations And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-simulations

Remove science-simulations Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge science-simulations

Remove science-simulations configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge science-simulations

Dependencies

science-simulations have the following dependencies:

• science-config
• science-tasks

References

• science-simulations website

Summary

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