How To Install libpodofo-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpodofo-utils on Kali Linux.
What is libpodofo-utils
libpodofo-utils is:
The PoDoFo library is a free, portable C++ library which includes classes to parse PDF files and modify their contents into memory. The changes can be written back to disk easily. The parser can also be used to extract information from a PDF file (for example the parser could be used in a PDF viewer). Besides parsing PoDoFo includes also very simple classes to create your own PDF files. All classes are documented so it is easy to start writing your own application using PoDoFo.
This package contains tools for working with PDF files.
There are three methods to install libpodofo-utils 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 libpodofo-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpodofo-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpodofo-utilsInstall libpodofo-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpodofo-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpodofo-utilsInstall libpodofo-utils 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpodofo-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpodofo-utilsHow To Uninstall libpodofo-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpodofo-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpodofo-utilsUninstall libpodofo-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpodofo-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpodofo-utilsRemove libpodofo-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libpodofo-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpodofo-utilsRemove libpodofo-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpodofo-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpodofo-utilsDependencies
libpodofo-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpodofo-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.