How To Install cadabra2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cadabra2 on Kali Linux.
What is cadabra2
cadabra2 is:
This is a computer algebra system designed specifically for the solution of problems encountered in field theory. It has extensive functionality for tensor polynomial simplification including multi-term symmetries, fermions and anti-commuting variables, Clifford algebras and Fierz transformations, implicit coordinate dependence, multiple index types and many more. The input format is a subset of TeX.
There are three methods to install cadabra2 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 cadabra2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cadabra2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cadabra2Install cadabra2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cadabra2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cadabra2Install cadabra2 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cadabra2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cadabra2How To Uninstall cadabra2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cadabra2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cadabra2Uninstall cadabra2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cadabra2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cadabra2Remove cadabra2 Configurations and Data
To remove cadabra2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cadabra2Remove cadabra2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cadabra2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cadabra2Dependencies
cadabra2 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cadabra2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.