How To Install libgeotiff-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libgeotiff-dev
libgeotiff-dev is:
This C library supports TIFF 6.0 based interchange format for georeferenced raster imagery. The GeoTIFF standard has been developed for reading, and writing geographic meta-information tags on top of TIFF raster.
This package contains stuff to be used to develop programs based on the GeoTIFF library.
There are three methods to install libgeotiff-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 libgeotiff-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgeotiff-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeotiff-devInstall libgeotiff-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgeotiff-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeotiff-devInstall libgeotiff-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 libgeotiff-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeotiff-devHow To Uninstall libgeotiff-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgeotiff-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeotiff-devUninstall libgeotiff-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeotiff-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeotiff-devRemove libgeotiff-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgeotiff-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeotiff-devRemove libgeotiff-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeotiff-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeotiff-devDependencies
libgeotiff-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeotiff-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.