How To Install pktools-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pktools-dev on Kali Linux. pktools-dev is GDAL add-on tools to perform useful raster processing - development files

Introduction

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

What is pktools-dev

pktools-dev is:

Pktools is a collection of programs to perform operations, mostly on raster geolocated images. It heavily relies on the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) and OGR. The programs are similar to the GDAL tools (gdalinfo, gdal_translate, gdal_merge, …) and some of the functionalities provided in pktools already exist in the GDAL tools.

All utilities in pktools use command line options and have a built in help, and include more than thirty binaries to edit, change, crop, classify, compare, dump, fill, enhance images and many other common operations useful in the remote sensing field of image analysis.

This package contains the files needed to develop a software that uses the pktools libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pktools-dev

Install pktools-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pktools-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install pktools-dev

How To Uninstall pktools-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pktools-dev

Uninstall pktools-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pktools-dev

Remove pktools-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pktools-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

pktools-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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