How To Install compface on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is compface

compface is:

Converts 48x48 .xbm format (X bitmap) files to a compressed format that can be placed in your X-Face: mail header. Some mailreaders, like exmh will then display this image when the user is reading your mail.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install compface

Install compface Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install compface

Install compface 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 compface using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install compface

How To Uninstall compface on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove compface

Uninstall compface And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove compface

Remove compface Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge compface

Remove compface configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge compface

Dependencies

compface have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcompfaceg1

References

• compface website

Summary

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