How To Install plakativ on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install plakativ on Kali Linux. plakativ is create posters and banners from multiple glued-together pages

Introduction

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

What is plakativ

plakativ is:

This program is for situations when you want to create a large poster or banner but do not have a printer that supports large sheets of paper. Plakativ allows one to enlarge and split a PDF across multiple pages, creating another PDF with pages of the desired printable size. After printing, the pages can be glued together to form a larger poster. Features:

  • lossless operation
  • no pixel artifacts when upscaling if PDF contains vector graphics
  • GUI with preview functionality
  • complex layouter to save paper
  • optimize by number of pages, output poster size or multiple of input area

This package contains the executable.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plakativ

Install plakativ Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install plakativ

Install plakativ 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 plakativ using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plakativ

How To Uninstall plakativ on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove plakativ

Uninstall plakativ And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plakativ

Remove plakativ Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge plakativ

Remove plakativ configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plakativ

Dependencies

plakativ have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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