How To Install tetgen on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tetgen

tetgen is:

TetGen generates the Delaunay tetrahedralization, Voronoi diagram, and convex hull for three-dimensional point sets, generates the constrained Delaunay tetrahedralizations and quality tetrahedral meshes for three-dimensional domains with piecewise linear boundary.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tetgen

Install tetgen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tetgen

Install tetgen 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 tetgen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tetgen

How To Uninstall tetgen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tetgen

Uninstall tetgen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tetgen

Remove tetgen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tetgen

Remove tetgen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tetgen

Dependencies

tetgen have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• tetgen website

Summary

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