How To Install libgraphicsmagick1-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphicsmagick1-dev on Kali Linux. libgraphicsmagick1-dev is format-independent image processing - C development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphicsmagick1-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libgraphicsmagick1-dev

libgraphicsmagick1-dev is:

GraphicsMagick provides libraries in several programming languages to read, write and manipulate image files across a large number of formats, from the widely used jpeg, tiff, bmp or xpm to special-purpose formats such as fits or image formats found on some photo CDs. There are functions for finegrained image processing tasks, as well as conversion routines between the various image formats.

The GraphicsMagick library is a fork of ImageMagick and therefore offers an interface that is similar in features, but intended to be more stable across releases. While compatibility does not go so far that the GraphicsMagick library serves as a drop-in replacement for ImageMagick, conversion can usually be done with little effort.

This package contains the C development headers and library files needed to compile programs using the GraphicsMagick library.

There are three methods to install libgraphicsmagick1-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 libgraphicsmagick1-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgraphicsmagick1-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgraphicsmagick1-dev

Install libgraphicsmagick1-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgraphicsmagick1-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgraphicsmagick1-dev

Install libgraphicsmagick1-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libgraphicsmagick1-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgraphicsmagick1-dev

How To Uninstall libgraphicsmagick1-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgraphicsmagick1-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgraphicsmagick1-dev

Uninstall libgraphicsmagick1-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgraphicsmagick1-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgraphicsmagick1-dev

Remove libgraphicsmagick1-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgraphicsmagick1-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgraphicsmagick1-dev

Remove libgraphicsmagick1-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgraphicsmagick1-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgraphicsmagick1-dev

Dependencies

libgraphicsmagick1-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphicsmagick1-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.