How To Install libextractor-plugin-tiff on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is libextractor-plugin-tiff

libextractor-plugin-tiff 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 tiff files.

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

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

Install libextractor-plugin-tiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libextractor-plugin-tiff

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

sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-plugin-tiff

How To Uninstall libextractor-plugin-tiff on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libextractor-plugin-tiff

Uninstall libextractor-plugin-tiff And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libextractor-plugin-tiff Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libextractor-plugin-tiff have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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