How To Install libfcft-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfcft-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libfcft-dev
libfcft-dev is:
fcft is a small font loading and glyph rasterization library built on-top of FontConfig, FreeType2 and pixman.
It can load and cache fonts from a fontconfig-formatted name string, e.g. Monospace:size=12, optionally with user configured fallback fonts.
After a font has been loaded, you can rasterize glyphs. When doing so, the primary font is first considered. If it does not have the requested glyph, the user configured fallback fonts (if any) are considered. If none of the user configured fallback fonts has the requested glyph, the FontConfig generated list of fallback fonts are checked.
This package contains the header and development files.
There are three methods to install libfcft-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 libfcft-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfcft-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfcft-devInstall libfcft-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfcft-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfcft-devInstall libfcft-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libfcft-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfcft-devHow To Uninstall libfcft-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libfcft-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfcft-devUninstall libfcft-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfcft-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfcft-devRemove libfcft-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfcft-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfcft-devRemove libfcft-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfcft-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfcft-devDependencies
libfcft-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfcft-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.