How To Install openmotor on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install openmotor on Kali Linux. openmotor is internal ballistics simulator for rocket motor experimenters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openmotor on Kali Linux.

What is openmotor

openmotor is:

openMotor is an open-source internal ballistics simulator for rocket motor experimenters. The software produces estimates of a rocket motor’s chamber pressure and thrust based on input such as propellant properties and grain geometry. It uses the Fast Marching Method to determine how a propellant grain regresses, which allows the use of arbitrary core geometries.

Current Features:

  • Metric and imperial units
  • Support for common grain geometries such as BATES, Finocyl, Star and more
  • Loading custom grain geometry from DXF files
  • A propellant editor that allows the user to enter the properties of as many propellants as they wish
  • The grain editor displays how a grain will regress to cut down on the guesswork involved in tweaking geometry
  • ENG file exporting
  • Burnsim importing and exporting
  • A UI that supports saving and loading designs along with undo and redo.

Planned Features:

  • Erosivity simulation
  • Detailed output of every calculated parameter at any time and position along the motor

There are three methods to install openmotor 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 openmotor Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install openmotor

Install openmotor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openmotor using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openmotor

Install openmotor 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 openmotor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openmotor

How To Uninstall openmotor on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the openmotor package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openmotor

Uninstall openmotor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openmotor

Remove openmotor Configurations and Data

To remove openmotor configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openmotor

Remove openmotor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openmotor

Dependencies

openmotor have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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