How To Install djview4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install djview4 on Kali Linux.

What is djview4

djview4 is:

The DjVu viewer djview4 (aka djview) is a simple multi-page viewer for DjVu-format documents. It can display, print, and save, and when supported by the document, search for text, copy text to the clipboard, follow links, etc.

There are three methods to install djview4 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 djview4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install djview4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install djview4

Install djview4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install djview4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install djview4

Install djview4 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 djview4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install djview4

How To Uninstall djview4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the djview4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove djview4

Uninstall djview4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall djview4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove djview4

Remove djview4 Configurations and Data

To remove djview4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge djview4

Remove djview4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove djview4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge djview4

Dependencies

djview4 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdjvulibre21
• libgcc-s1
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5opengl5
• libqt5printsupport5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6
• libtiff5
• sensible-utils

References

• djview4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install djview4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.