How To Install libmng1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmng1 on Kali Linux. libmng1 is Multiple-image Network Graphics library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmng1 on Kali Linux.

What is libmng1

libmng1 is:

The libmng library supports decoding, displaying, encoding, and various other manipulations of the Multiple-image Network Graphics (MNG) format image files. It uses the zlib compression library, and optionally the JPEG library by the Independent JPEG Group (IJG) and/or lcms (little cms), a color-management library by Marti Maria Saguar.

There are three methods to install libmng1 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 libmng1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmng1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmng1

Install libmng1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmng1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmng1

Install libmng1 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 libmng1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmng1

How To Uninstall libmng1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmng1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmng1

Uninstall libmng1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmng1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmng1

Remove libmng1 Configurations and Data

To remove libmng1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmng1

Remove libmng1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmng1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmng1

Dependencies

libmng1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmng1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.