How To Install libcdr-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdr-tools on Kali Linux. libcdr-tools is library for reading and converting Corel DRAW files – tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcdr-tools on Kali Linux.

What is libcdr-tools

libcdr-tools is:

libcdr is a library and a set of tools for reading and converting binary files produced by Corel DRAW.

libcdr currently supports just CDR files from V7 to X3 and the following features:

  • pages and page sizes
  • shapes, lines, Bezier curves, bitmaps
  • flat color fills, both RGB, CMYK, HLS and HSB
  • different kinds of strokes including dashed strokes

Above that libcdr provides a public API for rendering preview of pages for applications that have no notion of pages themselves.

This package contains cdr2xtml/cdr2raw and cmx2xhtml/cmx2raw.

There are three methods to install libcdr-tools 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 libcdr-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcdr-tools

Install libcdr-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcdr-tools

Install libcdr-tools 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 libcdr-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcdr-tools

How To Uninstall libcdr-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcdr-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcdr-tools

Uninstall libcdr-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcdr-tools

Remove libcdr-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcdr-tools

Remove libcdr-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcdr-tools

Dependencies

libcdr-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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