How To Install graphicsmagick on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install graphicsmagick on Kali Linux.
What is graphicsmagick
graphicsmagick is:
GraphicsMagick provides a set of command-line applications to manipulate image files. It is a fork of the ImageMagick project and therefore offers a similar set of features, but puts a larger emphasis on stability.
The tools support a large variety of image formats from the widely used jpeg, tiff, bmp or xpm to special-purpose formats such as fits or image formats found on some photo CDs. They can convert between formats, concatenate several images into one, annotate and distort them, create thumbnails or manipulate the colormap. While all features are available from the command-line, the package also includes an image viewer that allows interactive manipulation.
Note that unlike ImageMagick, the GraphicsMagick tools are accessed through a single executable called ‘gm’. Therefore, GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick can be used in parallel. Install package graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat to obtain a set of several executables that is compatible to ImageMagick’s interface.
There are three methods to install graphicsmagick 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 graphicsmagick Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install graphicsmagick using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install graphicsmagickInstall graphicsmagick Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install graphicsmagick using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install graphicsmagickInstall graphicsmagick 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install graphicsmagick using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install graphicsmagickHow To Uninstall graphicsmagick on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the graphicsmagick package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove graphicsmagickUninstall graphicsmagick And Its Dependencies
To uninstall graphicsmagick and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove graphicsmagickRemove graphicsmagick Configurations and Data
To remove graphicsmagick configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge graphicsmagickRemove graphicsmagick configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove graphicsmagick configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge graphicsmagickDependencies
graphicsmagick have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install graphicsmagick package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.