How To Install gifsicle on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gifsicle

gifsicle is:

This is a tool for manipulating GIF image files. It has good support for transparency and colormap manipulation, simple image transformations (cropping, flipping), and creating, deconstructing, and editing GIF animations, which it can also optimize for space.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gifsicle

Install gifsicle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gifsicle

Install gifsicle 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 gifsicle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gifsicle

How To Uninstall gifsicle on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gifsicle

Uninstall gifsicle And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gifsicle

Remove gifsicle Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gifsicle

Remove gifsicle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gifsicle

Dependencies

gifsicle have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6

References

• gifsicle website

Summary

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