How To Install libvips42 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvips42 on Kali Linux. libvips42 is image processing system good for very large ones

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvips42 on Kali Linux.

What is libvips42

libvips42 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 runtime libraries needed to run applications linked with the vips library.

There are three methods to install libvips42 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 libvips42 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvips42 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvips42

Install libvips42 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvips42 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvips42

Install libvips42 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 libvips42 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvips42

How To Uninstall libvips42 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libvips42 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvips42

Uninstall libvips42 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvips42 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvips42

Remove libvips42 Configurations and Data

To remove libvips42 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvips42

Remove libvips42 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvips42 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvips42

Dependencies

libvips42 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvips42 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.