How To Install libicns1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicns1 on Kali Linux. libicns1 is library for manipulation of the Mac OS icns format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicns1 on Kali Linux.

What is libicns1

libicns1 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.

There are three methods to install libicns1 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 libicns1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libicns1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libicns1

Install libicns1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libicns1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libicns1

Install libicns1 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 libicns1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libicns1

How To Uninstall libicns1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libicns1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libicns1

Uninstall libicns1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libicns1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libicns1

Remove libicns1 Configurations and Data

To remove libicns1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libicns1

Remove libicns1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libicns1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libicns1

Dependencies

libicns1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicns1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.