How To Install jpegoptim on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is jpegoptim

jpegoptim is:

Jpegoptim can optimize/compress jpeg files. Program support lossless optimization, which is based on optimizing the Huffman tables. So called, “lossy” optimization (compression) is done by re-encoding the image using user specified image quality factor.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jpegoptim

Install jpegoptim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jpegoptim

Install jpegoptim 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 jpegoptim using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jpegoptim

How To Uninstall jpegoptim on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove jpegoptim

Uninstall jpegoptim And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jpegoptim

Remove jpegoptim Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge jpegoptim

Remove jpegoptim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jpegoptim

Dependencies

jpegoptim have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libjpeg62-turbo

References

• jpegoptim website

Summary

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