How To Install yorick-full on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-full on Kali Linux. yorick-full is full installation of the Yorick interpreter and add-ons

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yorick-full on Kali Linux.

What is yorick-full

yorick-full is:

Yorick is an interpreted programming language for:

  • scientific simulations or calculations
  • postprocessing or steering large simulation codes
  • interactive scientific graphics
  • reading, writing, and translating large files of numbers

The yorick-full metapackage installs Yorick together with the full set of add-ons packaged for Debian.

You may prefer to only install the yorick package and cherry-pick the yorick-* add-ons you need.

If you need MPY, the MPI parallel version of Yorick, please install either yorick-mpy-openmpi or yorick-mpy-mpich2 in addition.

There are three methods to install yorick-full 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 yorick-full Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yorick-full

Install yorick-full Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yorick-full

Install yorick-full 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 yorick-full using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yorick-full

How To Uninstall yorick-full on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the yorick-full package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yorick-full

Uninstall yorick-full And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yorick-full

Remove yorick-full Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yorick-full

Remove yorick-full configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yorick-full

Dependencies

yorick-full have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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