How To Install libevas1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas1 on Kali Linux. libevas1 is EFL advanced canvas library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas1 on Kali Linux.

What is libevas1

libevas1 is:

Evas is a clean display canvas API for several target display systems that can draw anti-aliased text, smooth super- and sub-sampled scaled images, alpha-blend objects and more.

It abstracts the graphics drawing characteristics of the display system by implementing a canvas where graphical objects can be created, manipulated, and modified. It then handles the rendering pipeline in an optimal way for the underlying device in order to minimize redraws, via a programmatically efficient API.

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

This package contains the core library and a set of image loaders and/or savers for various formats: eet, gif, jpeg, png, svg, tiff and xpm

There are three methods to install libevas1 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 libevas1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libevas1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libevas1

Install libevas1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libevas1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libevas1

Install libevas1 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 libevas1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libevas1

How To Uninstall libevas1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libevas1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libevas1

Uninstall libevas1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libevas1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevas1

Remove libevas1 Configurations and Data

To remove libevas1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libevas1

Remove libevas1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libevas1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevas1

Dependencies

libevas1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.