Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install survex-aven on Kali Linux.
What is survex-aven
survex-aven is:
An advanced cave survey data viewer for Survex, written using the wxWidgets
library, and using OpenGL for rendering. Aven allows searching for stations,
highlighting categories of stations such entrances or fixed points, measuring
the distance between stations, showing passage walls, showing the terrain
above the cave, and supports presentations (pre-recorded fly-throughs).
There are three methods to install survex-aven 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 survex-aven Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install survex-aven using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install survex-avenInstall survex-aven Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install survex-aven using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install survex-avenInstall survex-aven 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 survex-aven using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install survex-avenHow To Uninstall survex-aven on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the survex-aven package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove survex-avenUninstall survex-aven And Its Dependencies
To uninstall survex-aven and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove survex-avenRemove survex-aven Configurations and Data
To remove survex-aven configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge survex-avenRemove survex-aven configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove survex-aven configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge survex-avenDependencies
survex-aven have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install survex-aven package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
