How To Install fotoxx on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fotoxx on Kali Linux.
What is fotoxx
fotoxx is:
Navigate a large image collection with a thumbnail browser. View and edit image files (RAW, jpeg, png, tiff …). Editing is done in 24 bits/color, output is 8 or 16 bits/color. Fotoxx has extensive tools for edit, repair, and special effects. Fotoxx is fast and interactive: view full image as it changes. Undo and redo within and across edit functions. File versioning: save and recall multiple edit stages. Select image features or areas to edit separately from background. Copy and paste area selections within and across images. Composite functions: HDR, HDF, panorama, stack, image/text montage. Metadata edit and report: tags, captions, dates, locations … Search images based on any metadata and folder/file names or parts. Albums: select images and arranged order with drag and drop. Slide Show with animated transitions and pan/zoom. Scalable world map with image markers - click marker for gallery. Batch functions: convert, resize, upright, move, revise metatata. User Guide (English) describes all functions in great detail.
There are three methods to install fotoxx 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 fotoxx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fotoxx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fotoxxInstall fotoxx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fotoxx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fotoxxInstall fotoxx 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 fotoxx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fotoxxHow To Uninstall fotoxx on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fotoxx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fotoxxUninstall fotoxx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fotoxx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fotoxxRemove fotoxx Configurations and Data
To remove fotoxx configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fotoxxRemove fotoxx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fotoxx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fotoxxDependencies
fotoxx have the following dependencies:
- fotoxx-common
- libimage-exiftool-perl
- xdg-utils
- dcraw
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libchamplain-0.12-0
- libchamplain-gtk-0.12-0
- libclutter-1.0-0
- libclutter-gtk-1.0-0
- libgcc-s1
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libjpeg62-turbo
- liblcms2-2
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpng16-16
- libstdc++6
- libtiff5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fotoxx package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.