How To Install dpic on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpic
on Kali Linux.
What is dpic
dpic is:
dpic accepts a tight subset of the pic drawing language accepted by GNU pic (sometimes named gpic) or AT&T pic, and emits lower-level drawing commands for insertion into LaTeX documents, for processing by the xfig or Inkscape drawing tools, or for direct display as encapsulated Postscript, PDF, or SVG. LaTeX-compatible output can contain arbitrary text for formatting. Commands to be passed through to the postprocessor (PSTricks, Tikz-pgf, etc.) can be included.
There are three methods to install dpic
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 dpic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dpic
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dpic
Install dpic Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dpic
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dpic
Install dpic 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 dpic
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dpic
How To Uninstall dpic on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dpic
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dpic
Uninstall dpic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dpic
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpic
Remove dpic Configurations and Data
To remove dpic
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dpic
Remove dpic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dpic
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpic
Dependencies
dpic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpic
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.