How To Install exiftran on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is exiftran

exiftran is:

exiftran is a command line utility to transform digital camera JPEG images. It can do lossless rotations like jpegtran, but unlike jpegtran it can process multiple images at once, and it cares about the Exif data: it can rotate images automatically by checking the Exif orientation tag, it updates the Exif information (image dimensions/orientation) if needed, and it also rotates the Exif thumbnail.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install exiftran

Install exiftran Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install exiftran

Install exiftran 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 exiftran using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install exiftran

How To Uninstall exiftran on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove exiftran

Uninstall exiftran And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove exiftran

Remove exiftran Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge exiftran

Remove exiftran configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exiftran

Dependencies

exiftran have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libexif12
• libjpeg62-turbo

References

• exiftran website

Summary

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