How To Install mandelbulber2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mandelbulber2 on Kali Linux. mandelbulber2 is 3D fractal renderer and animator

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:

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.