How To Install libpopplerkit-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpopplerkit-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libpopplerkit-dev
libpopplerkit-dev is:
PopplerKit is a GNUstep framework for accessing and rendering PDF content. It is based on the poppler library.
Its features are:
- Render PDF content.
- Extract text from a PDF document.
- Access a PDF document’s outline.
- Search in PDF documents.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libpopplerkit-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 libpopplerkit-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpopplerkit-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpopplerkit-devInstall libpopplerkit-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpopplerkit-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpopplerkit-devInstall libpopplerkit-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 libpopplerkit-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpopplerkit-devHow To Uninstall libpopplerkit-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpopplerkit-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpopplerkit-devUninstall libpopplerkit-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpopplerkit-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpopplerkit-devRemove libpopplerkit-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpopplerkit-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpopplerkit-devRemove libpopplerkit-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpopplerkit-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpopplerkit-devDependencies
libpopplerkit-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpopplerkit-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
