How To Install glyphslib on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glyphslib on Kali Linux.

What is glyphslib

glyphslib is:

This tool provides conversions between Glyphs source files (.glyphs) and Unified Font Objects (UFOs) via defcon.

This package provides the executable program.

There are three methods to install glyphslib 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 glyphslib Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install glyphslib

Install glyphslib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install glyphslib using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install glyphslib

Install glyphslib 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 glyphslib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install glyphslib

How To Uninstall glyphslib on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the glyphslib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove glyphslib

Uninstall glyphslib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove glyphslib

Remove glyphslib Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge glyphslib

Remove glyphslib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glyphslib

Dependencies

glyphslib have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• glyphslib website

Summary

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