How To Install libtiff-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtiff-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libtiff-dev
libtiff-dev is:
libtiff is a library providing support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF), a widely used format for storing image data. This package includes the development files, static library, and header files.
There are three methods to install libtiff-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 libtiff-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtiff-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtiff-dev
Install libtiff-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtiff-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtiff-dev
Install libtiff-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 update
After updating apt database, We can install libtiff-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtiff-dev
How To Uninstall libtiff-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libtiff-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtiff-dev
Uninstall libtiff-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtiff-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtiff-dev
Remove libtiff-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtiff-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtiff-dev
Remove libtiff-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtiff-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtiff-dev
Dependencies
libtiff-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtiff-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.