How To Install octave-image-acquisition on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-image-acquisition on Kali Linux.

What is octave-image-acquisition

octave-image-acquisition is:

The Octave-forge Image Acquisition package provides functions to capture images from connected devices. Currently only v4l2 is supported.

This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.

There are three methods to install octave-image-acquisition 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 octave-image-acquisition Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install octave-image-acquisition

Install octave-image-acquisition Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install octave-image-acquisition using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install octave-image-acquisition

Install octave-image-acquisition 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 octave-image-acquisition using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install octave-image-acquisition

How To Uninstall octave-image-acquisition on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the octave-image-acquisition package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove octave-image-acquisition

Uninstall octave-image-acquisition And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-image-acquisition

Remove octave-image-acquisition Configurations and Data

To remove octave-image-acquisition configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge octave-image-acquisition

Remove octave-image-acquisition configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove octave-image-acquisition configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-image-acquisition

Dependencies

octave-image-acquisition have the following dependencies:

• octave
• libc6
• libfltk1.3
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• libv4l-0
• octave-abi-55

References

• octave-image-acquisition website

Summary

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