How To Install printemf on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is printemf

printemf is:

libEMF is a C/C++ library which provides a drawing toolkit based on ECMA-234. The general purpose of this library is to create vector graphics files on POSIX systems which can be imported into OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice. Times have changed, though. These days, you can import SVGs, or even PDFs, into OpenOffice or LibreOffice. Those are much better choices than EMF files.

This package contains a tiny executable exposing some of libEMF’s capabilities to the command line.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install printemf

Install printemf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install printemf

Install printemf 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 printemf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install printemf

How To Uninstall printemf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove printemf

Uninstall printemf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove printemf

Remove printemf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge printemf

Remove printemf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printemf

Dependencies

printemf have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libemf1

References

• printemf website

Summary

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