How To Install farbfeld on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is farbfeld

farbfeld is:

Farbfeld is a lossless image format designed to be parsed and piped easily. It is designed to be as simple as possible, leaving the task of compression to outside tools, beating PNG’s filesize in many cases.

This package contains tools for converting between farbfeld format and other image formats (png, jpeg, ppm, pam, gif).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install farbfeld

Install farbfeld Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install farbfeld

Install farbfeld 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 farbfeld using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install farbfeld

How To Uninstall farbfeld on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove farbfeld

Uninstall farbfeld And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove farbfeld

Remove farbfeld Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge farbfeld

Remove farbfeld configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge farbfeld

Dependencies

farbfeld have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libjpeg62-turbo
• libpng16-16

References

• farbfeld website

Summary

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