How To Install libwmf-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwmf-bin on Kali Linux.

What is libwmf-bin

libwmf-bin is:

Windows metafile (WMF) is a picture format used by many Windows programs, e.g. Microsoft Word. libwmf is a library for interpreting metafile images and either displaying them using X or converting them to standard formats such as PNG, JPEG, PS, EPS and SVG(Z)…

This package contains several frontends to libwmf (wmf2x, wmf2gd, wmf2fig, wmf2eps, wmf2svg).

There are three methods to install libwmf-bin 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 libwmf-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwmf-bin

Install libwmf-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwmf-bin

Install libwmf-bin 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 libwmf-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwmf-bin

How To Uninstall libwmf-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwmf-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwmf-bin

Uninstall libwmf-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwmf-bin

Remove libwmf-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libwmf-bin

Remove libwmf-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwmf-bin

Dependencies

libwmf-bin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libwmf0.2-7
• libx11-6
• zlib1g

References

• libwmf-bin website

Summary

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