How To Install libavif9 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavif9 on Kali Linux. libavif9 is Library for handling .avif files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavif9 on Kali Linux.

What is libavif9

libavif9 is:

This library aims to be a friendly, portable C implementation of the AV1 Image File Format as described in https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/.

This package provides the shared library files.

There are three methods to install libavif9 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 libavif9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libavif9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libavif9

Install libavif9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libavif9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libavif9

Install libavif9 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 libavif9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libavif9

How To Uninstall libavif9 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libavif9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libavif9

Uninstall libavif9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libavif9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavif9

Remove libavif9 Configurations and Data

To remove libavif9 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libavif9

Remove libavif9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libavif9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavif9

Dependencies

libavif9 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libavif9 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.