How To Install libextractor-plugin-pdf on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is libextractor-plugin-pdf

libextractor-plugin-pdf 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 pdf files.

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

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

Install libextractor-plugin-pdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libextractor-plugin-pdf

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

sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-plugin-pdf

How To Uninstall libextractor-plugin-pdf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libextractor-plugin-pdf

Uninstall libextractor-plugin-pdf And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libextractor-plugin-pdf Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libextractor-plugin-pdf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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