How To Install libvips-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvips-dev on Kali Linux. libvips-dev is image processing system good for very large ones (dev)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvips-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libvips-dev

libvips-dev is:

VIPS is an image processing system designed with efficiency in mind. It is good with large images (ones that larger than the amount of RAM in your machine), and for working with colour. It can perform many image manipulation tasks much faster than other packages such as ImageMagick and the GIMP and includes some special features such as creating single “mosaic” images from multiple parts.

VIPS consists of two main components: an image processing library with some command-line tools and a spreadsheet-like graphical user interface. The graphical interface is available in the nip2 package.

This package includes all development files needed to compile applications that use the vips library.

There are three methods to install libvips-dev 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 libvips-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libvips-dev

Install libvips-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvips-dev

Install libvips-dev 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 libvips-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvips-dev

How To Uninstall libvips-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libvips-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvips-dev

Uninstall libvips-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvips-dev

Remove libvips-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libvips-dev

Remove libvips-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvips-dev

Dependencies

libvips-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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