How To Install libpoppler102 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpoppler102 on Kali Linux.

What is libpoppler102

libpoppler102 is:

Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on Xpdf PDF viewer.

This package contains the shared core library.

There are three methods to install libpoppler102 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 libpoppler102 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpoppler102 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpoppler102

Install libpoppler102 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpoppler102 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpoppler102

Install libpoppler102 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 libpoppler102 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpoppler102

How To Uninstall libpoppler102 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpoppler102 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpoppler102

Uninstall libpoppler102 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpoppler102 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpoppler102

Remove libpoppler102 Configurations and Data

To remove libpoppler102 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpoppler102

Remove libpoppler102 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpoppler102 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpoppler102

Dependencies

libpoppler102 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libjpeg62-turbo
• liblcms2-2
• libnspr4

References

• libpoppler102 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpoppler102 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.