How To Install libcairo-5c-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcairo-5c-dev on Kali Linux. libcairo-5c-dev is library for cairo nickle bindings dev files

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.