How To Install mtpaint on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtpaint on Kali Linux. mtpaint is painting program to create pixel art and manipulate digital photos

Introduction

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

What is mtpaint

mtpaint is:

mtPaint is a free, open source graphic editing program which uses the GTK+ toolkit. It is geared towards creating indexed palette images and pixel art.

Due to its efficient design it can run on older PC hardware (e.g. a 200MHz CPU and 32MB of RAM). It can edit indexed palette or 24 bit RGB images and offers basic painting and palette manipulation tools.

It is aimed to be simple and easy to use. it also can handle JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, XPM, and XBM files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mtpaint

Install mtpaint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mtpaint

Install mtpaint 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 mtpaint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mtpaint

How To Uninstall mtpaint on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mtpaint

Uninstall mtpaint And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mtpaint

Remove mtpaint Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mtpaint

Remove mtpaint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mtpaint

Dependencies

mtpaint have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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