How To Install guile-cairo on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install guile-cairo on Kali Linux.

What is guile-cairo

guile-cairo is:

This package contains Guile modules that provide access to the Cairo library. Cairo is a multi-platform library providing anti-aliased vector-based rendering for multiple target backends.

There are three methods to install guile-cairo 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 guile-cairo Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install guile-cairo

Install guile-cairo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install guile-cairo

Install guile-cairo 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 guile-cairo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install guile-cairo

How To Uninstall guile-cairo on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the guile-cairo package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove guile-cairo

Uninstall guile-cairo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guile-cairo

Remove guile-cairo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge guile-cairo

Remove guile-cairo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guile-cairo

Dependencies

guile-cairo have the following dependencies:

• guile-2.2-libs
• libc6
• libcairo2

References

• guile-cairo website

Summary

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