How To Install calibre-bin on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install calibre-bin on Kali Linux.
What is calibre-bin
calibre-bin is:
Calibre is a complete e-library solution. It includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to e-book conversion, e-book viewer and editor, and e-book reader sync features.
This package contains the compiled architecture dependent plugins, the main package is called ‘calibre’.
There are three methods to install calibre-bin 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 calibre-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install calibre-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install calibre-binInstall calibre-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install calibre-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install calibre-binInstall calibre-bin 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 calibre-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install calibre-binHow To Uninstall calibre-bin on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the calibre-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove calibre-binUninstall calibre-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall calibre-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove calibre-binRemove calibre-bin Configurations and Data
To remove calibre-bin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge calibre-binRemove calibre-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove calibre-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge calibre-binDependencies
calibre-bin have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libhunspell-1.7-0
- libhyphen0
- libicu67
- libmtp9
- libpodofo0.9.7
- libpython3.9
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
- libusb-1.0-0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install calibre-bin package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.