How To Install evolver-nox on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install evolver-nox on Kali Linux. evolver-nox is Surface Evolver - with no X support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install evolver-nox on Kali Linux.

What is evolver-nox

evolver-nox is:

The Surface Evolver is an interactive program for the modelling of liquid surfaces shaped by various forces and constraints.

This package provides evolver variants built with different floating point formats (double, long double, quadruple) but with no X support.

There are three methods to install evolver-nox 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 evolver-nox Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install evolver-nox

Install evolver-nox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install evolver-nox

Install evolver-nox 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 evolver-nox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install evolver-nox

How To Uninstall evolver-nox on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the evolver-nox package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove evolver-nox

Uninstall evolver-nox And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove evolver-nox

Remove evolver-nox Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge evolver-nox

Remove evolver-nox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evolver-nox

Dependencies

evolver-nox have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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