How To Install libopenjp2-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjp2-tools on Kali Linux. libopenjp2-tools is command-line tools using the JPEG 2000 library

Introduction

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

What is libopenjp2-tools

libopenjp2-tools is:

This package provides with command-line tools allowing for conversions between several formats and also provides tools for encoding and decoding motion-jpeg2000 video formats:

  • opj_decompress: decodes j2k, jp2, and jpt files to pgm, ppm, pnm, pgx, and bmp.
  • opj_compress: encodes pnm, pgm, pgx, bmp, and ppm files to j2k, and jp2.
  • opj_dump: dump information contains in j2k and jp2.
  • index_create: create jp2 with JPIP index file from a j2k file.
  • frames_to_mj2: convert YUV video streams to mj2 format.
  • mj2_to_frames: convert mj2 video streams to YUV format.
  • wrap_j2k_in_mj2: wrap j2k codestreams into mj2 format.
  • extract-j2k-from_mj2: extract j2k codestreams from the mj2 format.

There are three methods to install libopenjp2-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenjp2-tools

Install libopenjp2-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenjp2-tools

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopenjp2-tools

How To Uninstall libopenjp2-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libopenjp2-tools

Uninstall libopenjp2-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenjp2-tools

Remove libopenjp2-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenjp2-tools

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopenjp2-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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