How To Install libcairo-5c-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo-5c-dev
on Kali Linux.
What is libcairo-5c-dev
libcairo-5c-dev is:
This package contains a shared library which links to the cairo library using the nickle FFI mechanism. It exposes most of the cairo API, although support for fonts is limited to the toy font API. This package provides the development files for the libcairo-5c library.
There are three methods to install libcairo-5c-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 libcairo-5c-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 libcairo-5c-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcairo-5c-dev
Install libcairo-5c-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcairo-5c-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcairo-5c-dev
Install libcairo-5c-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 libcairo-5c-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcairo-5c-dev
How To Uninstall libcairo-5c-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libcairo-5c-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcairo-5c-dev
Uninstall libcairo-5c-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcairo-5c-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcairo-5c-dev
Remove libcairo-5c-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcairo-5c-dev
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcairo-5c-dev
Remove libcairo-5c-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcairo-5c-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcairo-5c-dev
Dependencies
libcairo-5c-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo-5c-dev
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.