How To Install libmagick++-6-headers on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagick++-6-headers on Kali Linux.

What is libmagick++-6-headers

libmagick++-6-headers is:

The Magick++ library is a set of C++ wrapper classes that provides access to the ImageMagick package functionality from within a C++ application.

This package includes header files needed to compile programs using Magick++.

This package is independent of channel depth.

There are three methods to install libmagick++-6-headers 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 libmagick++-6-headers Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmagick++-6-headers using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmagick++-6-headers

Install libmagick++-6-headers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmagick++-6-headers using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmagick++-6-headers

Install libmagick++-6-headers 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 libmagick++-6-headers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmagick++-6-headers

How To Uninstall libmagick++-6-headers on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmagick++-6-headers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmagick++-6-headers

Uninstall libmagick++-6-headers And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmagick++-6-headers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmagick++-6-headers

Remove libmagick++-6-headers Configurations and Data

To remove libmagick++-6-headers configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmagick++-6-headers

Remove libmagick++-6-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmagick++-6-headers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmagick++-6-headers

Dependencies

libmagick++-6-headers have the following dependencies:

• dpkg
• libmagickwand-6-headers

References

• libmagick++-6-headers website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagick++-6-headers package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.