How To Install libcharls-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcharls-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libcharls-dev
libcharls-dev is:
CharLS is an optimized implementation of the JPEG-LS standard for lossless and near-lossless image compression
JPEG-LS (ISO-14495-1/ITU-T.87) is a standard derived from the Hewlett Packard LOCO algorithm. JPEG LS has low complexity (meaning fast compression) and high compression ratios, similar to JPEG 2000. JPEG-LS is more similar to the old Lossless JPEG than to JPEG 2000, but interestingly the two different techniques result in vastly different performance characteristics.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libcharls-dev 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 libcharls-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcharls-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcharls-devInstall libcharls-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcharls-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcharls-devInstall libcharls-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libcharls-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcharls-devHow To Uninstall libcharls-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libcharls-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcharls-devUninstall libcharls-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcharls-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcharls-devRemove libcharls-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcharls-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcharls-devRemove libcharls-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcharls-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcharls-devDependencies
libcharls-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcharls-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
