How To Install libcheese-gtk25 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcheese-gtk25 on Kali Linux. libcheese-gtk25 is tool to take pictures and videos from your webcam - widgets

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcheese-gtk25 on Kali Linux.

What is libcheese-gtk25

libcheese-gtk25 is:

A webcam application that supports image and video capture. Makes it easy to take photos and videos of you, your friends, pets or whatever you want. Allows you to apply fancy visual effects, fine-control image settings and has features such as Multi-Burst mode, Countdown timer for photos.

This package contains the GTK+ shared library.

There are three methods to install libcheese-gtk25 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 libcheese-gtk25 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcheese-gtk25 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcheese-gtk25

Install libcheese-gtk25 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcheese-gtk25 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcheese-gtk25

Install libcheese-gtk25 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 libcheese-gtk25 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcheese-gtk25

How To Uninstall libcheese-gtk25 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcheese-gtk25 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcheese-gtk25

Uninstall libcheese-gtk25 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcheese-gtk25 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcheese-gtk25

Remove libcheese-gtk25 Configurations and Data

To remove libcheese-gtk25 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcheese-gtk25

Remove libcheese-gtk25 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcheese-gtk25 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcheese-gtk25

Dependencies

libcheese-gtk25 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcheese-gtk25 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.