How To Install giflib-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib-tools on Kali Linux. giflib-tools is library for GIF images (utilities)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib-tools on Kali Linux.

What is giflib-tools

giflib-tools is:

GIFLIB is a package of portable tools and library routines for working with GIF images.

This package contains additional utilities.

There are three methods to install giflib-tools 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 giflib-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install giflib-tools

Install giflib-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install giflib-tools

Install giflib-tools 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 giflib-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install giflib-tools

How To Uninstall giflib-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the giflib-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove giflib-tools

Uninstall giflib-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove giflib-tools

Remove giflib-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge giflib-tools

Remove giflib-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge giflib-tools

Dependencies

giflib-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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