How To Install bibtexconv on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bibtexconv

bibtexconv is:

BibTeXConv is a BibTeX file converter which allows one to export BibTeX entries to other formats, including customly defined text output. Furthermore, it provides the possibility to check URLs (including MD5, size and MIME type computations) and to verify ISBN and ISSN numbers.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bibtexconv

Install bibtexconv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bibtexconv

Install bibtexconv 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 bibtexconv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bibtexconv

How To Uninstall bibtexconv on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bibtexconv

Uninstall bibtexconv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bibtexconv

Remove bibtexconv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bibtexconv

Remove bibtexconv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bibtexconv

Dependencies

bibtexconv have the following dependencies:

• file
• zip
• libc6
• libcurl4
• libgcc1

References

• bibtexconv website

Summary

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