How To Install libcolorhug2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolorhug2 on Kali Linux.

What is libcolorhug2

libcolorhug2 is:

libcolorhug is a gobject-based library for using the ColorHug display colourimeter. It supports both reading values from the colourimeter and device administration, such as firmware updates.

This package contains a gobject-based convenience library for programs to interact with the ColorHug colourimeter.

There are three methods to install libcolorhug2 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 libcolorhug2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcolorhug2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcolorhug2

Install libcolorhug2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcolorhug2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcolorhug2

Install libcolorhug2 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 libcolorhug2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcolorhug2

How To Uninstall libcolorhug2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcolorhug2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcolorhug2

Uninstall libcolorhug2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcolorhug2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcolorhug2

Remove libcolorhug2 Configurations and Data

To remove libcolorhug2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcolorhug2

Remove libcolorhug2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcolorhug2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcolorhug2

Dependencies

libcolorhug2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcolord2
• libglib2.0-0
• libgusb2

References

• libcolorhug2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolorhug2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.