How To Install libimlib2 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimlib2
on Kali Linux.
What is libimlib2
libimlib2 is:
Imlib2 is a library that does image file loading and saving as well as rendering, manipulation, arbitrary polygon support, etc.
It does ALL of these operations FAST. Imlib2 also tries to be highly intelligent about doing them, so writing naive programs can be done easily, without sacrificing speed.
There are three methods to install libimlib2
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 libimlib2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libimlib2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libimlib2
Install libimlib2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libimlib2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libimlib2
Install libimlib2 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 libimlib2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libimlib2
How To Uninstall libimlib2 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libimlib2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libimlib2
Uninstall libimlib2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libimlib2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libimlib2
Remove libimlib2 Configurations and Data
To remove libimlib2
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libimlib2
Remove libimlib2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libimlib2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libimlib2
Dependencies
libimlib2 have the following dependencies:
- libbz2-1.0
- libc6
- libfreetype6
- libgif7
- libid3tag0
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpng16-16
- libtiff5
- libwebp6
- libx11-6
- libx11-xcb1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimlib2
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.