How To Install libwmf-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwmf-doc on Kali Linux. libwmf-doc is Windows metafile documentation

Introduction

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

What is libwmf-doc

libwmf-doc 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 documents the libwmf API and WMF in general.

There are three methods to install libwmf-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwmf-doc

Install libwmf-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwmf-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install libwmf-doc

How To Uninstall libwmf-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libwmf-doc

Uninstall libwmf-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwmf-doc

Remove libwmf-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libwmf-doc

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

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

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

Dependencies

libwmf-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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