How To Install libjpeg62-turbo on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjpeg62-turbo on Kali Linux.

What is libjpeg62-turbo

libjpeg62-turbo is:

The libjpeg-turbo JPEG library is a library for handling JPEG files.

libjpeg-turbo is a JPEG image codec that uses SIMD instructions (MMX, SSE2, NEON) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86, x86-64, and ARM systems. The libjpeg-turbo JPEG library is an API/ABI compatible with the IJG JPEG library.

This package contains the shared runtime library.

There are three methods to install libjpeg62-turbo 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 libjpeg62-turbo Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libjpeg62-turbo using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjpeg62-turbo

Install libjpeg62-turbo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjpeg62-turbo using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjpeg62-turbo

Install libjpeg62-turbo 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 libjpeg62-turbo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjpeg62-turbo

How To Uninstall libjpeg62-turbo on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libjpeg62-turbo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjpeg62-turbo

Uninstall libjpeg62-turbo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjpeg62-turbo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjpeg62-turbo

Remove libjpeg62-turbo Configurations and Data

To remove libjpeg62-turbo configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjpeg62-turbo

Remove libjpeg62-turbo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjpeg62-turbo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjpeg62-turbo

Dependencies

libjpeg62-turbo have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libjpeg62-turbo website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjpeg62-turbo package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.