How To Install libsimage20 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimage20 on Kali Linux.

What is libsimage20

libsimage20 is:

The simage library provides a simplified and uniform interface to many image file format libraries, and it includes internal support for some image file formats too.

There are three methods to install libsimage20 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 libsimage20 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsimage20 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsimage20

Install libsimage20 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsimage20 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsimage20

Install libsimage20 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 libsimage20 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsimage20

How To Uninstall libsimage20 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsimage20 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsimage20

Uninstall libsimage20 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsimage20 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsimage20

Remove libsimage20 Configurations and Data

To remove libsimage20 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsimage20

Remove libsimage20 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsimage20 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsimage20

Dependencies

libsimage20 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgif7
• libjpeg62-turbo
• libpng16-16
• libsndfile1
• libtiff5
• libvorbisfile3

References

• libsimage20 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimage20 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.