How To Install liblensfun-bin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblensfun-bin on Kali Linux. liblensfun-bin is Lens Correction library - Utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblensfun-bin on Kali Linux.

What is liblensfun-bin

liblensfun-bin is:

Lensfun is an opensource database of photographic lenses and their characteristics. It contains three kinds of objects:

  • mounts
  • cameras
  • lenses

It is used in various photo-related software in which it allows the correction of various artifacts:

  • distortion
  • transveral (also known as lateral) chromatic aberrations
  • vignetting
  • colour contribution of the lens (correcting said “yellowish” or “blueish” images)

It provides a way to read and search for specific things in the database.

This package contains the utilities.

There are three methods to install liblensfun-bin 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 liblensfun-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblensfun-bin

Install liblensfun-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblensfun-bin

Install liblensfun-bin 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 liblensfun-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblensfun-bin

How To Uninstall liblensfun-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblensfun-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblensfun-bin

Uninstall liblensfun-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblensfun-bin

Remove liblensfun-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblensfun-bin

Remove liblensfun-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblensfun-bin

Dependencies

liblensfun-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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