How To Install libicns-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicns-dev on Kali Linux. libicns-dev is libicns development files

Introduction

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

What is libicns-dev

libicns-dev is:

libicns is a library for manipulation of the Mac OS icns resource format, also known as the IconFamily resource type. It can read and write files for the Mac OS X icns format, as well as read from Mac OS resource files and macbinary encoded Mac OS resource forks.

This package contains development files (static libraries and headers) needed to build software using libicns.

There are three methods to install libicns-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 libicns-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 libicns-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libicns-dev

Install libicns-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libicns-dev

Install libicns-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 libicns-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libicns-dev

How To Uninstall libicns-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libicns-dev

Uninstall libicns-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libicns-dev

Remove libicns-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libicns-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libicns-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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