How To Install sdpa on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sdpa

sdpa is:

The software SDPA (SemiDefinite Programming Algorithm) is one of the most efficient and stable software packages for solving SDPs based on the primal-dual interior-point method. SDP (SemiDefinite Program) is used for financial engineering, machine learning, control theory, sensor network problem, quantum chemistry, quantum information, combinatorial optimizaiton, polynomial optimization, and so on. Further information on SDP and SDPA can be found at http://sdpa.sourceforge.net/

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sdpa

Install sdpa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sdpa

Install sdpa 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 sdpa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sdpa

How To Uninstall sdpa on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sdpa

Uninstall sdpa And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sdpa

Remove sdpa Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sdpa

Remove sdpa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sdpa

Dependencies

sdpa have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libgfortran5
• libscotch-6.1
• libstdc++6
• libopenblas-dev
• libmumps-seq-5.3

References

• sdpa website

Summary

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