How To Install libnetpbm9 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetpbm9 on Kali Linux.

What is libnetpbm9

libnetpbm9 is:

This package contains shared libraries used to be used by netpbm. Now we’ve switched to a single shared library, look out for libnetpbm10. This package is provided for backward compatibility.

There are three methods to install libnetpbm9 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 libnetpbm9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnetpbm9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnetpbm9

Install libnetpbm9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnetpbm9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnetpbm9

Install libnetpbm9 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 libnetpbm9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnetpbm9

How To Uninstall libnetpbm9 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnetpbm9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnetpbm9

Uninstall libnetpbm9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnetpbm9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnetpbm9

Remove libnetpbm9 Configurations and Data

To remove libnetpbm9 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnetpbm9

Remove libnetpbm9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnetpbm9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnetpbm9

Dependencies

libnetpbm9 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libnetpbm9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnetpbm9 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.