How To Install libfcft3 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfcft3 on Kali Linux. libfcft3 is font loading and glyph rasterization library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfcft3 on Kali Linux.

What is libfcft3

libfcft3 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 shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libfcft3 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 libfcft3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfcft3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfcft3

Install libfcft3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfcft3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfcft3

Install libfcft3 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 libfcft3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfcft3

How To Uninstall libfcft3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfcft3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfcft3

Uninstall libfcft3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfcft3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfcft3

Remove libfcft3 Configurations and Data

To remove libfcft3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfcft3

Remove libfcft3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfcft3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfcft3

Dependencies

libfcft3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfcft3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.