How To Install libpangox-1.0-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpangox-1.0-dev on Kali Linux. libpangox-1.0-dev is pango library X backend - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpangox-1.0-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libpangox-1.0-dev

libpangox-1.0-dev is:

Pango is a library for layout and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization. Pango can be used anywhere that text layout is needed. however, most of the work on Pango-1.0 was done using the GTK+ widget toolkit as a test platform. Pango forms the core of text and font handling for GTK+-2.0.

Pango is designed to be modular; the core Pango layout can be used with four different font backends:

  • Core X windowing system fonts
  • Client-side fonts on X using the Xft library
  • Direct rendering of scalable fonts using the FreeType library
  • Native fonts on Microsoft backends

This package contains the development files for the Core X backend.

There are three methods to install libpangox-1.0-dev 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 libpangox-1.0-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpangox-1.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpangox-1.0-dev

Install libpangox-1.0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpangox-1.0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpangox-1.0-dev

Install libpangox-1.0-dev 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 libpangox-1.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpangox-1.0-dev

How To Uninstall libpangox-1.0-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpangox-1.0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpangox-1.0-dev

Uninstall libpangox-1.0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpangox-1.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpangox-1.0-dev

Remove libpangox-1.0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpangox-1.0-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpangox-1.0-dev

Remove libpangox-1.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpangox-1.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpangox-1.0-dev

Dependencies

libpangox-1.0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpangox-1.0-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.