How To Install geeqie-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geeqie-common on Kali Linux.

What is geeqie-common

geeqie-common is:

Geeqie is a browser for graphics files offering single click viewing of your graphics files. It includes thumbnail view, zoom, filtering features and external editor support.

This package contains data files for Geeqie such as documentation or locales.

There are three methods to install geeqie-common 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 geeqie-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install geeqie-common

Install geeqie-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geeqie-common

Install geeqie-common 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 geeqie-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geeqie-common

How To Uninstall geeqie-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the geeqie-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove geeqie-common

Uninstall geeqie-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geeqie-common

Remove geeqie-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge geeqie-common

Remove geeqie-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geeqie-common

Dependencies

geeqie-common have the following dependencies:

References

• geeqie-common website

Summary

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