How To Install mandelbulber2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mandelbulber2
on Kali Linux.
What is mandelbulber2
mandelbulber2 is:
Mandelbulber2 is a ray-tracing application for drawing three-dimensional fractals, like Mandelbulb, Mandelbox, Julia, trigonometric, hypercomplex or IFS fractals. It is highly customizable and features complex shading algorithms (among the others there are shadows, depth of field, ambient occlusion).
Mandelbulber2 is also able to produce animations and has a simple built-in 3D navigator for exploring the fractals.
There are three methods to install mandelbulber2
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 mandelbulber2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mandelbulber2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mandelbulber2
Install mandelbulber2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mandelbulber2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mandelbulber2
Install mandelbulber2 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 mandelbulber2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mandelbulber2
How To Uninstall mandelbulber2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mandelbulber2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mandelbulber2
Uninstall mandelbulber2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mandelbulber2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mandelbulber2
Remove mandelbulber2 Configurations and Data
To remove mandelbulber2
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mandelbulber2
Remove mandelbulber2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mandelbulber2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mandelbulber2
Dependencies
mandelbulber2 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libgomp1
- libgsl25
- liblzo2-2
- libpng16-16
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5multimedia5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5test5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
- ocl-icd-libopencl1
- ocl-icd-libopencl1
- mandelbulber2-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mandelbulber2
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.