How To Install freepwing on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is freepwing

freepwing is:

This program translates data in various “Electric Book” (popular in Japan) formats into a single JIS X 4081 format. JIS X 4081 is a subset of the EPWING V1, which is the standardized format for electric publishing. Thus after conversion, you can read such data with your favorite EPWING viewer without worrying which formats your data originally were.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install freepwing

Install freepwing Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install freepwing

Install freepwing 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 freepwing using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install freepwing

How To Uninstall freepwing on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove freepwing

Uninstall freepwing And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove freepwing

Remove freepwing Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge freepwing

Remove freepwing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freepwing

Dependencies

freepwing have the following dependencies:

• make
• perl

References

• freepwing website

Summary

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