How To Install libcolord2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolord2 on Kali Linux.

What is libcolord2

libcolord2 is:

colord is a system service that makes it easy to manage, install and generate colour profiles to accurately colour manage input and output devices.

It provides a D-Bus API for system frameworks to query, a persistent data store, and a mechanism for session applications to set system policy.

This package contains a gobject-based convenience library for programs to interact with the colord system daemon.

There are three methods to install libcolord2 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 libcolord2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcolord2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcolord2

Install libcolord2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcolord2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcolord2

Install libcolord2 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 libcolord2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcolord2

How To Uninstall libcolord2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcolord2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcolord2

Uninstall libcolord2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcolord2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcolord2

Remove libcolord2 Configurations and Data

To remove libcolord2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcolord2

Remove libcolord2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcolord2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcolord2

Dependencies

libcolord2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• liblcms2-2
• libudev1

References

• libcolord2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolord2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.