How To Install libfreeimageplus-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeimageplus-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libfreeimageplus-dev
libfreeimageplus-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 FreeImagePlus.
There are three methods to install libfreeimageplus-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 libfreeimageplus-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfreeimageplus-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfreeimageplus-devInstall libfreeimageplus-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfreeimageplus-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfreeimageplus-devInstall libfreeimageplus-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.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfreeimageplus-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfreeimageplus-devHow To Uninstall libfreeimageplus-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libfreeimageplus-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfreeimageplus-devUninstall libfreeimageplus-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfreeimageplus-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreeimageplus-devRemove libfreeimageplus-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfreeimageplus-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfreeimageplus-devRemove libfreeimageplus-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfreeimageplus-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreeimageplus-devDependencies
libfreeimageplus-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeimageplus-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
