How To Install libextractor-plugin-exiv2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugin-exiv2 on Kali Linux. libextractor-plugin-exiv2 is extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (exiv2 plugin)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugin-exiv2 on Kali Linux.

What is libextractor-plugin-exiv2

libextractor-plugin-exiv2 is:

GNU libextractor provides developers of file-sharing networks, file managers, and WWW-indexing bots with a universal library to obtain meta-data about files.

This package contains the plugin supporting exiv2 files.

There are three methods to install libextractor-plugin-exiv2 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 libextractor-plugin-exiv2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libextractor-plugin-exiv2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libextractor-plugin-exiv2

Install libextractor-plugin-exiv2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libextractor-plugin-exiv2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libextractor-plugin-exiv2

Install libextractor-plugin-exiv2 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 libextractor-plugin-exiv2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-plugin-exiv2

How To Uninstall libextractor-plugin-exiv2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libextractor-plugin-exiv2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libextractor-plugin-exiv2

Uninstall libextractor-plugin-exiv2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libextractor-plugin-exiv2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libextractor-plugin-exiv2

Remove libextractor-plugin-exiv2 Configurations and Data

To remove libextractor-plugin-exiv2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libextractor-plugin-exiv2

Remove libextractor-plugin-exiv2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libextractor-plugin-exiv2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libextractor-plugin-exiv2

Dependencies

libextractor-plugin-exiv2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugin-exiv2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.