How To Install libopenjp2-7 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjp2-7 on Kali Linux.

What is libopenjp2-7

libopenjp2-7 is:

OpenJPEG is a library for handling the JPEG 2000 image compression format. JPEG 2000 is a wavelet-based image compression standard and permits progressive transmission by pixel and resolution accuracy for progressive downloads of an encoded image. It supports lossless and lossy compression, supports higher compression than JPEG 1991, and has resilience to errors in the image.

This package contains the runtime files for openjpeg 2.x

There are three methods to install libopenjp2-7 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 libopenjp2-7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenjp2-7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenjp2-7

Install libopenjp2-7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenjp2-7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopenjp2-7

Install libopenjp2-7 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 libopenjp2-7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenjp2-7

How To Uninstall libopenjp2-7 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libopenjp2-7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenjp2-7

Uninstall libopenjp2-7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenjp2-7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenjp2-7

Remove libopenjp2-7 Configurations and Data

To remove libopenjp2-7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenjp2-7

Remove libopenjp2-7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopenjp2-7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenjp2-7

Dependencies

libopenjp2-7 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libopenjp2-7 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjp2-7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.