How To Install icoextract on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is icoextract

icoextract is:

icoextract is an icon extraction library for Windows PE files (.exe/.dll)

This package installs the icoextract and icolist command line utilities.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install icoextract

Install icoextract Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install icoextract

Install icoextract 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 icoextract using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install icoextract

How To Uninstall icoextract on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove icoextract

Uninstall icoextract And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove icoextract

Remove icoextract Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge icoextract

Remove icoextract configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icoextract

Dependencies

icoextract have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• icoextract website

Summary

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