How To Install gem-plugin-jpeg on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-jpeg on Kali Linux.

What is gem-plugin-jpeg

gem-plugin-jpeg is:

Gem is a loadable library for Pure Data (Pd), which adds OpenGL graphics rendering and animation to Pd. Pd is a graphical programming language and computer music system.

This package provides image input and output using the libjpeg library. If you have installed the gem-plugin-magick package as well, you might find that you don’t need this package as you can already read and write jpeg images.

There are three methods to install gem-plugin-jpeg 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 gem-plugin-jpeg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gem-plugin-jpeg

Install gem-plugin-jpeg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-jpeg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gem-plugin-jpeg

Install gem-plugin-jpeg 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 gem-plugin-jpeg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gem-plugin-jpeg

How To Uninstall gem-plugin-jpeg on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gem-plugin-jpeg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gem-plugin-jpeg

Uninstall gem-plugin-jpeg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gem-plugin-jpeg

Remove gem-plugin-jpeg Configurations and Data

To remove gem-plugin-jpeg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gem-plugin-jpeg

Remove gem-plugin-jpeg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gem-plugin-jpeg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gem-plugin-jpeg

Dependencies

gem-plugin-jpeg have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libjpeg62-turbo
• libstdc++6
• gem

References

• gem-plugin-jpeg website

Summary

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