How To Install gegl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gegl

gegl is:

GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) is a graph based image processing framework.

GEGL’s original design was made to scratch GIMP’s itches for a new compositing and processing core. This core is being designed to have minimal dependencies and a simple well defined API.

This package contains a bunch of test programs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gegl

Install gegl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gegl

Install gegl 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 gegl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gegl

How To Uninstall gegl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gegl

Uninstall gegl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gegl

Remove gegl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gegl

Remove gegl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gegl

Dependencies

gegl have the following dependencies:

• libbabl-0.1-0
• libc6
• libgegl-0.4-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libspiro1

References

• gegl website

Summary

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