How To Install libgvc6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgvc6 on Kali Linux.

What is libgvc6

libgvc6 is:

Graphviz is a set of graph drawing tools. See the description of the graphviz package for a full description.

This package contains the gvc library.

There are three methods to install libgvc6 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 libgvc6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgvc6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgvc6

Install libgvc6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgvc6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgvc6

Install libgvc6 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 libgvc6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgvc6

How To Uninstall libgvc6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgvc6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgvc6

Uninstall libgvc6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgvc6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgvc6

Remove libgvc6 Configurations and Data

To remove libgvc6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgvc6

Remove libgvc6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgvc6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgvc6

Dependencies

libgvc6 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libcdt5
• libcgraph6
• libexpat1
• libgcc-s1
• libgd3
• libglib2.0-0
• libgts-0.7-5
• libltdl7
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpangoft2-1.0-0
• libpathplan4
• libstdc++6
• libwebp6
• libx11-6
• zlib1g

References

• libgvc6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgvc6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.