How To Install transcalc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is transcalc

transcalc is:

Transcalc is an analysis and synthesis tool for calculating the electrical and physical properties of different kinds of RF and microwave transmission lines.

For each type of transmission line, using dialog boxes, you can enter values for the various parameters, and either calculate its electrical properties (analyze), or use the given electrical requirements to synthesize physical parameters of the required transmission line.

Available transmission lines (this list will expand with subsequent releases): Microstrip, Rectangular Waveguide.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install transcalc

Install transcalc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install transcalc

Install transcalc 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 transcalc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install transcalc

How To Uninstall transcalc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove transcalc

Uninstall transcalc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove transcalc

Remove transcalc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge transcalc

Remove transcalc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge transcalc

Dependencies

transcalc have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0

References

• transcalc website

Summary

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