How To Install heif-gdk-pixbuf on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heif-gdk-pixbuf
on Kali Linux.
What is heif-gdk-pixbuf
heif-gdk-pixbuf is:
libheif is an ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder. HEIF is a new image file format employing HEVC (h.265) image coding for the best compression ratios currently possible.
A gdk-pixbuf loader module for applications such as “gpicview” and “pcmanfm” is provided by this package.
There are three methods to install heif-gdk-pixbuf
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 heif-gdk-pixbuf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install heif-gdk-pixbuf
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heif-gdk-pixbuf
Install heif-gdk-pixbuf Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install heif-gdk-pixbuf
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heif-gdk-pixbuf
Install heif-gdk-pixbuf 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 heif-gdk-pixbuf
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heif-gdk-pixbuf
How To Uninstall heif-gdk-pixbuf on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the heif-gdk-pixbuf
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heif-gdk-pixbuf
Uninstall heif-gdk-pixbuf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heif-gdk-pixbuf
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heif-gdk-pixbuf
Remove heif-gdk-pixbuf Configurations and Data
To remove heif-gdk-pixbuf
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heif-gdk-pixbuf
Remove heif-gdk-pixbuf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heif-gdk-pixbuf
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heif-gdk-pixbuf
Dependencies
heif-gdk-pixbuf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heif-gdk-pixbuf
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.