How To Install gocr-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gocr-dev on Kali Linux.
What is gocr-dev
gocr-dev is:
This is a multi-platform OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program.
It can read pnm, pbm, pgm, ppm, some pcx and tga image files.
These are the header files.
There are three methods to install gocr-dev 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 gocr-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gocr-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gocr-devInstall gocr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gocr-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gocr-devInstall gocr-dev 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 gocr-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gocr-devHow To Uninstall gocr-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gocr-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gocr-devUninstall gocr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gocr-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gocr-devRemove gocr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove gocr-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gocr-devRemove gocr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gocr-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gocr-devDependencies
gocr-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gocr-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
