How To Install topcom on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install topcom on Kali Linux. topcom is Triangulations Of Point Configurations and Oriented Matroids

Introduction

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

What is topcom

topcom is:

TOPCOM is a collection of clients to compute Triangulations Of Point Configurations and Oriented Matroids, resp.

The algorithms use only combinatorial data of the point configuration as is given by its oriented matroid. Some basic commands for computing and manipulating oriented matroids can also be accessed by the user.

It was very much inspired by the maple program PUNTOS, which was written by Jesus de Loera. TOPCOM is entirely written in C++, so there is a significant speed up compared to PUNTOS.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install topcom

Install topcom Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install topcom

Install topcom 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 topcom using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install topcom

How To Uninstall topcom on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove topcom

Uninstall topcom And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove topcom

Remove topcom Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge topcom

Remove topcom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge topcom

Dependencies

topcom have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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