How To Install pngmeta on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pngmeta on Kali Linux. pngmeta is Display metadata information from PNG images

Introduction

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

What is pngmeta

pngmeta is:

This small filter program extracts metadata from PNG images and displays them as either HTML, SOIF, RDF/XML or simple fields and values.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pngmeta

Install pngmeta Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pngmeta

Install pngmeta 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 pngmeta using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pngmeta

How To Uninstall pngmeta on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pngmeta

Uninstall pngmeta And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pngmeta

Remove pngmeta Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pngmeta

Remove pngmeta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pngmeta

Dependencies

pngmeta have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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