How To Install libznz-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libznz-dev on Kali Linux. libznz-dev is low-level IO library znzlib for the NIfTI-1 data format

Introduction

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

What is libznz-dev

libznz-dev is:

Niftilib is a set of i/o libraries for reading and writing files in the NIfTI-1 data format. NIfTI-1 is a binary file format for storing medical image data, e.g. magnetic resonance image (MRI) and functional MRI (fMRI) brain images.

This package provides the header files and static libraries of znzlib.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libznz-dev

Install libznz-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libznz-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libznz-dev

How To Uninstall libznz-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libznz-dev

Uninstall libznz-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libznz-dev

Remove libznz-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libznz-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libznz-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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