How To Install skanlite on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install skanlite on Kali Linux.
What is skanlite
skanlite is:
Skanlite is a small and simple scanner application which allows easy scanning of images with an attached scanner. Through the KSane backend, it can access a wide variety of different scanner models.
There are three methods to install skanlite 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 skanlite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install skanlite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install skanliteInstall skanlite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install skanlite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install skanliteInstall skanlite 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install skanlite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install skanliteHow To Uninstall skanlite on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the skanlite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove skanliteUninstall skanlite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall skanlite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove skanliteRemove skanlite Configurations and Data
To remove skanlite configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge skanliteRemove skanlite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove skanlite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skanliteDependencies
skanlite have the following dependencies:
- kio
- libc6
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5configwidgets5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5jobwidgets5
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5kiowidgets5
- libkf5sane5
- libkf5widgetsaddons5
- libkf5xmlgui5
- libpng16-16
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5dbus5
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install skanlite package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
