How To Install libspectre1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspectre1 on Kali Linux.

What is libspectre1

libspectre1 is:

libspectre is a small library for rendering PostScript documents. It provides a convenient easy to use API for handling and rendering PostScript documents.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libspectre1 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 libspectre1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libspectre1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspectre1

Install libspectre1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libspectre1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libspectre1

Install libspectre1 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 libspectre1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspectre1

How To Uninstall libspectre1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libspectre1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspectre1

Uninstall libspectre1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspectre1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspectre1

Remove libspectre1 Configurations and Data

To remove libspectre1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspectre1

Remove libspectre1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libspectre1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspectre1

Dependencies

libspectre1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgs9

References

• libspectre1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspectre1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.