How To Install usvg on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install usvg on Kali Linux. usvg is SVG simplification tool

Introduction

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

What is usvg

usvg is:

usvg is a command-line utility to simplify SVG files based on a static SVG Full 1.1 subset. It converts an input SVG to an extremely simple representation, which is still a valid SVG:

  • No basic shapes (rect, circle, etc), only paths
  • Only simple paths
  • All supported attributes are resolved
  • Invisible elements are removed
  • Comments will be removed
  • DTD will be resolved
  • CSS will be resolved

and so on.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install usvg

Install usvg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install usvg

Install usvg 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 usvg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install usvg

How To Uninstall usvg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove usvg

Uninstall usvg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove usvg

Remove usvg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge usvg

Remove usvg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usvg

Dependencies

usvg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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