How To Install yagf on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install yagf on Kali Linux. yagf is graphical interface for cuneiform and tesseract

Introduction

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

What is yagf

yagf is:

YAGF is a graphical interface for cuneiform and tesseract text recognition tools on the Linux platform. With YAGF you can scan images via XSane, import pages from PDF documents, perform images preprocessing and recognize texts using cuneiform from a single command centre. YAGF also makes it easy to scan and recognize several images sequentially.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yagf

Install yagf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yagf

Install yagf 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 yagf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yagf

How To Uninstall yagf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove yagf

Uninstall yagf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yagf

Remove yagf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yagf

Remove yagf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yagf

Dependencies

yagf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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