How To Install libfreeimage-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeimage-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libfreeimage-dev
libfreeimage-dev is:
FreeImage is an Open Source C/C++ library project for developers who would like to support popular graphics image formats like PNG, BMP, JPEG, TIFF and others as needed by today’s multimedia applications. FreeImage is easy to use, fast, multithreading safe, and cross-platform (works both with Linux, 32 bit Windows and Mac OS X).
This package contains the headers and static libraries needed to develop programs using FreeImage.
There are three methods to install libfreeimage-dev
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 libfreeimage-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libfreeimage-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install libfreeimage-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install libfreeimage-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
Install libfreeimage-dev 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.
After updating apt database, We can install libfreeimage-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall libfreeimage-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libfreeimage-dev
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall libfreeimage-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfreeimage-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove libfreeimage-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfreeimage-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove libfreeimage-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfreeimage-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
libfreeimage-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeimage-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.