How To Install libevas-loaders on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas-loaders on Kali Linux. libevas-loaders is EFL additional loaders for Evas

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas-loaders on Kali Linux.

What is libevas-loaders

libevas-loaders is:

This package contains programs that allow Evas to load many image and document formats for which it has no built-in support, including:

  • XCF
  • SVG
  • PS
  • RAW
  • LibreOffice

This is part of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL).

There are three methods to install libevas-loaders 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 libevas-loaders Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libevas-loaders

Install libevas-loaders Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libevas-loaders

Install libevas-loaders 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 libevas-loaders using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libevas-loaders

How To Uninstall libevas-loaders on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libevas-loaders package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libevas-loaders

Uninstall libevas-loaders And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevas-loaders

Remove libevas-loaders Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libevas-loaders

Remove libevas-loaders configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevas-loaders

Dependencies

libevas-loaders have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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