How to Install and Uninstall libpng-tools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "libpng-tools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libpng-tools on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpng-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpng-tools" package

Learn how to uninstall libpng-tools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpng-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpng-tools package on Kali Linux

Package: libpng-tools
Source: libpng1.6
Version: 1.6.42-1
Installed-Size: 189
Maintainer: Maintainers of libpng1.6 packages
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libpng16-tools (<< 1.6.21-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpng16-16 (= 1.6.42-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.4)
Breaks: libpng16-tools (<< 1.6.21-1)
Size: 127212
SHA256: 3c3b83ac1363f906b4b634dc0c55716cb5e0afe57d51395e2992a7e230a59296
SHA1: f037a3dcccd371c9b1d7d143a3d87161fdcb059f
MD5sum: f99dab742e949f4ebe61834bcd029216
Description: PNG library - tools (version 1.6)
libpng is a library implementing an interface for reading and writing
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format files.
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This package contains a program to interact with libpng from the
command line.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpng1.6/libpng-tools_1.6.42-1_amd64.deb