How To Install jhead on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is jhead

jhead is:

jhead is a command line driven utility for extracting digital camera settings from the Exif format files used by many digital cameras. It handles the various confusing ways these can be expressed, and displays them as F-stop, shutter speed, etc. It is also able to reduce the size of digital camera JPEGs without loss of information, by deleting integral thumbnails that digital cameras put into the Exif header.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jhead

Install jhead Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jhead

Install jhead 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 jhead using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jhead

How To Uninstall jhead on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove jhead

Uninstall jhead And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jhead

Remove jhead Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge jhead

Remove jhead configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jhead

Dependencies

jhead have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libjpeg-turbo-progs

References

• jhead website

Summary

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