How To Install krop on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is krop

krop is:

Krop is a simple graphical tool to crop the pages of PDF files. A unique feature of krop is its ability to automatically split pages into subpages to fit the limited screen size of devices such as eReaders. This is particularly useful, if your eReader does not support convenient scrolling.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install krop

Install krop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install krop

Install krop 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 krop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install krop

How To Uninstall krop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove krop

Uninstall krop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove krop

Remove krop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge krop

Remove krop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge krop

Dependencies

krop have the following dependencies:

• python3-distutils
• python3-poppler-qt5
• python3-pypdf2
• python3

References

• krop website

Summary

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