How To Install libethumb-client1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libethumb-client1 on Kali Linux. libethumb-client1 is EFL client for ethumb

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libethumb-client1 on Kali Linux.

What is libethumb-client1

libethumb-client1 is:

Ethumb uses Evas to generate thumbnail images of given files. The API allows great customization of the generated files and also helps complying to FreeDesktop.Org Thumbnail Specification.

It also provide a D-Bus server to reduce the performance costs of thumbnail generation and management. Ethumb-Client creates thumbnails by communicating with a thumbnail generation server using standard D-Bus protocol.

This is part of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL).

This package contains the D-Bus client library.

There are three methods to install libethumb-client1 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 libethumb-client1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libethumb-client1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libethumb-client1

Install libethumb-client1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libethumb-client1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libethumb-client1

Install libethumb-client1 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 libethumb-client1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libethumb-client1

How To Uninstall libethumb-client1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libethumb-client1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libethumb-client1

Uninstall libethumb-client1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libethumb-client1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libethumb-client1

Remove libethumb-client1 Configurations and Data

To remove libethumb-client1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libethumb-client1

Remove libethumb-client1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libethumb-client1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libethumb-client1

Dependencies

libethumb-client1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libethumb-client1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.