How To Install libgif7 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgif7
on Kali Linux.
What is libgif7
libgif7 is:
GIFLIB is a package of portable tools and library routines for working with GIF images.
This package contains the library.
There are three methods to install libgif7
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 libgif7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgif7
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgif7
Install libgif7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgif7
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgif7
Install libgif7 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 libgif7
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgif7
How To Uninstall libgif7 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgif7
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgif7
Uninstall libgif7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgif7
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgif7
Remove libgif7 Configurations and Data
To remove libgif7
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgif7
Remove libgif7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgif7
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgif7
Dependencies
libgif7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgif7
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.