How To Install liblouisxml-bin on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblouisxml-bin on Kali Linux. liblouisxml-bin is Braille XML translation utilities

Introduction

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

What is liblouisxml-bin

liblouisxml-bin is:

Liblouisxml translates files in the computer lingua franca xml format into properly transcribed braille. This includes translation into grade two, if desired, mathematical codes, etc. It also includes formatting according to a built-in style sheet which can be modified by the user.

This package contains xml2brl which translates an xml or text file into an embosser-ready braille file, and msword2brl which translates an ms-word file into an embosser-ready braille file.

In combination with ooo2dbk, it can also translate OpenOffice.org 1 documents.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblouisxml-bin

Install liblouisxml-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblouisxml-bin

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblouisxml-bin

How To Uninstall liblouisxml-bin on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liblouisxml-bin

Uninstall liblouisxml-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblouisxml-bin

Remove liblouisxml-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblouisxml-bin

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblouisxml-bin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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