How To Install optipng on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install optipng on Kali Linux. optipng is advanced PNG (Portable Network Graphics) optimizer

Introduction

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

What is optipng

optipng is:

OptiPNG is a PNG optimizer that recompresses the image files to a smaller size. It losslessly reduces the bit depth, the color type and the color palette of the image, runs a suite of compression methods and strategies, and selects the compression parameters that yield the smallest output file. It also recognizes several external file formats like BMP, GIF, TIFF and PNM (PBM, PGM, PPM).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install optipng

Install optipng Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install optipng

Install optipng 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 optipng using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install optipng

How To Uninstall optipng on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove optipng

Uninstall optipng And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove optipng

Remove optipng Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge optipng

Remove optipng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge optipng

Dependencies

optipng have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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