How To Install digikam-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install digikam-data on Kali Linux.

What is digikam-data

digikam-data is:

Contains the significant amount of architecture-independent data that is
shipped with digiKam.

It has been placed in an architecture all file to reduce space on the
archives, rather than one copy for each architecture.

There are three methods to install digikam-data 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 digikam-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install digikam-data

Install digikam-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install digikam-data

Install digikam-data 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 digikam-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install digikam-data

How To Uninstall digikam-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the digikam-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove digikam-data

Uninstall digikam-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove digikam-data

Remove digikam-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge digikam-data

Remove digikam-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge digikam-data

Dependencies

digikam-data have the following dependencies:

• opencv-data

References

• digikam-data website

Summary

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