How To Install gpxinfo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gpxinfo

gpxinfo is:

gpxinfo extracts basic statistics from a GPX file. It prints meta info about the file and calculates data about tracks and routes in the file, among which are times, distances, and uphill and downhill information.

gpxinfo uses the gpxpy library.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gpxinfo

Install gpxinfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gpxinfo

Install gpxinfo 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 gpxinfo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gpxinfo

How To Uninstall gpxinfo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gpxinfo

Uninstall gpxinfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpxinfo

Remove gpxinfo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gpxinfo

Remove gpxinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpxinfo

Dependencies

gpxinfo have the following dependencies:

• python3-gpxpy
• python3

References

• gpxinfo website

Summary

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