How To Install libextractor-plugin-gif on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libextractor-plugin-gif

libextractor-plugin-gif 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 gif files.

There are three methods to install libextractor-plugin-gif 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-gif 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-gif using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libextractor-plugin-gif Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libextractor-plugin-gif

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

sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-plugin-gif

How To Uninstall libextractor-plugin-gif on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libextractor-plugin-gif

Uninstall libextractor-plugin-gif And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libextractor-plugin-gif Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libextractor-plugin-gif have the following dependencies:

• libextractor3
• libc6
• libgif7

References

• libextractor-plugin-gif website

Summary

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