How To Install viewnior on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install viewnior on Kali Linux. viewnior is simple, fast and elegant image viewer

Introduction

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

What is viewnior

viewnior is:

This is Viewnior, an image viewer program. Created to be simple, fast and elegant. Its minimalistic interface provides more screenspace for your images. Among its features are:

  • Fullscreen & Slideshow
  • Rotate, flip, crop, save, delete images
  • Animation support
  • Browse only selected images
  • Navigation window
  • Set image as wallpaper (under GNOME, Fluxbox and LXDE)
  • Simple interface
  • Configurable mouse actions

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install viewnior

Install viewnior Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install viewnior

Install viewnior 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 viewnior using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install viewnior

How To Uninstall viewnior on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove viewnior

Uninstall viewnior And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove viewnior

Remove viewnior Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge viewnior

Remove viewnior configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge viewnior

Dependencies

viewnior have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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