How To Install pstoedit on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pstoedit
on Kali Linux.
What is pstoedit
pstoedit is:
pstoedit converts Postscript and PDF files to various editable vector graphic formats including tgif, xfig, PDF graphics, gnuplot format, idraw, MetaPost, GNU Metafile, PIC, Kontour and flattened PostScript.
There are three methods to install pstoedit
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 pstoedit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pstoedit
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pstoedit
Install pstoedit Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pstoedit
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pstoedit
Install pstoedit 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 pstoedit
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pstoedit
How To Uninstall pstoedit on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pstoedit
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pstoedit
Uninstall pstoedit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pstoedit
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pstoedit
Remove pstoedit Configurations and Data
To remove pstoedit
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pstoedit
Remove pstoedit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pstoedit
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pstoedit
Dependencies
pstoedit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pstoedit
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.