How To Install ksnip on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ksnip

ksnip is:

Ksnip is a Qt-based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots. It provides a traditional user interface with experimental GNOME/KDE Wayland support.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ksnip

Install ksnip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ksnip

Install ksnip 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 ksnip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ksnip

How To Uninstall ksnip on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ksnip

Uninstall ksnip And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ksnip

Remove ksnip Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ksnip

Remove ksnip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ksnip

Dependencies

ksnip have the following dependencies:

• libqt5svg5
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libkimageannotator0
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5dbus5
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5printsupport5
• libqt5widgets5
• libqt5x11extras5
• libqt5xml5
• libstdc++6
• libx11-6
• libxcb-xfixes0
• libxcb1

References

• ksnip website

Summary

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