How To Install libextractor-plugins-misc on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libextractor-plugins-misc on Kali Linux.

What is libextractor-plugins-misc

libextractor-plugins-misc 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 all the plugins without external dependencies, supporting the following formats: MAN, PS, DVI, OpenOffice (sxw), StarOffice (sdw), WAV, S3M (Scream Tracker 3), XM (eXtended Module), IT (Impulse Tracker), NSF(E) (NES music), SID (C64 music), PNG, and DEB. Also, various additional MIME types are detected.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libextractor-plugins-misc

Install libextractor-plugins-misc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libextractor-plugins-misc

Install libextractor-plugins-misc 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-plugins-misc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libextractor-plugins-misc

How To Uninstall libextractor-plugins-misc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libextractor-plugins-misc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libextractor-plugins-misc

Uninstall libextractor-plugins-misc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libextractor-plugins-misc

Remove libextractor-plugins-misc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libextractor-plugins-misc

Remove libextractor-plugins-misc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libextractor-plugins-misc

Dependencies

libextractor-plugins-misc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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