How To Install perceptualdiff on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is perceptualdiff

perceptualdiff is:

PerceptualDiff is an image comparison utility that makes use of a computational model of the human visual system to compare two images.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install perceptualdiff

Install perceptualdiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install perceptualdiff

Install perceptualdiff 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 perceptualdiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install perceptualdiff

How To Uninstall perceptualdiff on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove perceptualdiff

Uninstall perceptualdiff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove perceptualdiff

Remove perceptualdiff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge perceptualdiff

Remove perceptualdiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perceptualdiff

Dependencies

perceptualdiff have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfreeimage3
• libgcc1

References

• perceptualdiff website

Summary

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