How To Install imagemagick-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install imagemagick-doc on Kali Linux. imagemagick-doc is document files of ImageMagick – dummy package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imagemagick-doc on Kali Linux.

What is imagemagick-doc

imagemagick-doc is:

This package contained the document files shipped with ImageMagick, a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images.

This is a transitional package to help migrate systems to the new imagemagick-6-doc package.

This is a dummy package. You can safely purge or remove it.

There are three methods to install imagemagick-doc 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 imagemagick-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install imagemagick-doc

Install imagemagick-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install imagemagick-doc

Install imagemagick-doc 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 imagemagick-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install imagemagick-doc

How To Uninstall imagemagick-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the imagemagick-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove imagemagick-doc

Uninstall imagemagick-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove imagemagick-doc

Remove imagemagick-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge imagemagick-doc

Remove imagemagick-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imagemagick-doc

Dependencies

imagemagick-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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