How To Install libtiff-opengl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtiff-opengl on Kali Linux.

What is libtiff-opengl

libtiff-opengl is:

libtiff is a library providing support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF), a widely used format for storing image data. This package contains libtiff tools that depend upon opengl. It complements the libtiff-tools package, which contains the libtiff tools that don’t depend upon opengl.

There are three methods to install libtiff-opengl 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 libtiff-opengl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtiff-opengl

Install libtiff-opengl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtiff-opengl

Install libtiff-opengl 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 libtiff-opengl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtiff-opengl

How To Uninstall libtiff-opengl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtiff-opengl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtiff-opengl

Uninstall libtiff-opengl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtiff-opengl

Remove libtiff-opengl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtiff-opengl

Remove libtiff-opengl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtiff-opengl

Dependencies

libtiff-opengl have the following dependencies:

• freeglut3
• libc6
• libgl1
• libtiff5

References

• libtiff-opengl website

Summary

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