How To Install geeqie on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is geeqie

geeqie 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.

There are three methods to install geeqie 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install geeqie

Install geeqie Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install geeqie

Install geeqie 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geeqie

How To Uninstall geeqie on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove geeqie

Uninstall geeqie And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geeqie

Remove geeqie Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge geeqie

Remove geeqie configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geeqie

Dependencies

geeqie have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libchamplain-0.12-0
• libchamplain-gtk-0.12-0
• libclutter-1.0-0
• libclutter-gtk-1.0-0
• libcogl20
• libdjvulibre21
• libexiv2-27
• libffmpegthumbnailer4v5
• libgcc-s1
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libheif1
• libjpeg62-turbo
• liblcms2-2
• liblirc-client0
• liblua5.1-0
• libopenjp2-7
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpoppler-glib8
• libstdc++6
• libtiff5
• libwebp6
• geeqie-common

References

• geeqie website

Summary

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