How To Install libpixie-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpixie-java on Kali Linux.

What is libpixie-java

libpixie-java is:

Pixie is a WMF-File reading library originally written as converter for the Pixie-ImageViewer. Pixie was long time dead and is now resurrected as WMF-Reader and ImageProducer for Java 1.2.2 or higher.

Pixie lacks the support for most BitMap-Formats but everything else is working fine. Write-Support will be implemented somewhere in the future, classes for the writesupport are mostly dummies at the moment.

There are three methods to install libpixie-java 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 libpixie-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpixie-java

Install libpixie-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpixie-java

Install libpixie-java 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 libpixie-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpixie-java

How To Uninstall libpixie-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpixie-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpixie-java

Uninstall libpixie-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpixie-java

Remove libpixie-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpixie-java

Remove libpixie-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpixie-java

Dependencies

libpixie-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libpixie-java website

Summary

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