How to Install and Uninstall exiv2 Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "exiv2" package

Please follow the instructions below to install exiv2 on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                exiv2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "exiv2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall exiv2 on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                exiv2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the exiv2 package on Kali Linux

Package: exiv2
Source: exiv2 (0.27.6-1)
Version: 0.27.6-1+b1
Installed-Size: 275
Maintainer: Debian KDE Extras Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libexiv2-27 (= 0.27.6-1+b1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1)
Size: 140788
SHA256: 3f0fb3a349d9b165bde9a455fe81351402f6ca95263e9f0cfc44298d70f3e4ad
SHA1: 3a5861e68dfaa0f4997bafac86f9624f22f21588
MD5sum: 79f0f89499761647a5ebc4c4636e099c
Description: EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool
Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata.
It provides fast and easy read and write access to the Exif, IPTC and XMP
metadata of images in various formats
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Exiv2 command line utility to:
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* print Exif, IPTC and XMP image metadata in different formats:
- Exif summary info, interpreted values, or the plain data for each tag
* set, add and delete Exif, IPTC and XMP image metadata from command line
modify commands or command scripts
* adjust the Exif timestamp (that's how it all started...)
* rename Exif image files according to the Exif timestamp
* extract, insert and delete Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata and JPEG comments
* extract previews from RAW images and thumbnails from the Exif metadata
* insert and delete the thumbnail image embedded in the Exif metadata
* print, set and delete the JPEG comment of JPEG images
* fix the Exif ISO setting of picture taken with Canon and Nikon cameras
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.exiv2.org/
Tag: devel::lang:c++, devel::library, implemented-in::c++,
interface::commandline, role::devel-lib, role::program, scope::utility,
use::converting
Section: graphics
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/exiv2/exiv2_0.27.6-1+b1_amd64.deb