How To Install checkit-tiff on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install checkit-tiff on Kali Linux.

What is checkit-tiff

checkit-tiff is:

“checkit_tiff” is a conformance checker for baseline TIFFs (with various extensions). It works in different way than other tools. Instead to use a hardcoded rule set with predefined values, you are able to define tags and corresponding values more fine granulary. The rulesets are human readable and could be adapted to own needs.

The “checkit_tiff” works on commandline and therefore it is embedable in scripts

The tools are developed for purposes of curation and longterm preservation

There are three methods to install checkit-tiff 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 checkit-tiff Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install checkit-tiff

Install checkit-tiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install checkit-tiff

Install checkit-tiff 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 checkit-tiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install checkit-tiff

How To Uninstall checkit-tiff on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the checkit-tiff package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove checkit-tiff

Uninstall checkit-tiff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove checkit-tiff

Remove checkit-tiff Configurations and Data

To remove checkit-tiff configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge checkit-tiff

Remove checkit-tiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge checkit-tiff

Dependencies

checkit-tiff have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcre3

References

• checkit-tiff website

Summary

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