How To Install doxygen-latex on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install doxygen-latex on Kali Linux. doxygen-latex is Documentation system for C, C++, Java, Python and other languages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install doxygen-latex on Kali Linux.

What is doxygen-latex

doxygen-latex is:

Doxygen is a documentation system for C, C++, Java, Objective-C, Python, IDL and to some extent PHP, C#, and D. It can generate an on-line class browser (in HTML) and/or an off-line reference manual (in LaTeX) from a set of documented source files.

This dependency package adds dependencies for all LaTeX packages required to build documents using the default stylesheet.

There are three methods to install doxygen-latex 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 doxygen-latex Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install doxygen-latex

Install doxygen-latex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doxygen-latex

Install doxygen-latex 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 doxygen-latex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install doxygen-latex

How To Uninstall doxygen-latex on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the doxygen-latex package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove doxygen-latex

Uninstall doxygen-latex And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doxygen-latex

Remove doxygen-latex Configurations and Data

To remove doxygen-latex configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge doxygen-latex

Remove doxygen-latex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge doxygen-latex

Dependencies

doxygen-latex have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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