How To Install libfontbox-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontbox-java on Kali Linux.

What is libfontbox-java

libfontbox-java is:

The Apache FontBox library is an open source Java tool to obtain low level information from font files.

This package contains the library itself.

There are three methods to install libfontbox-java 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 libfontbox-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfontbox-java

Install libfontbox-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfontbox-java

Install libfontbox-java 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 libfontbox-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfontbox-java

How To Uninstall libfontbox-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfontbox-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfontbox-java

Uninstall libfontbox-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfontbox-java

Remove libfontbox-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfontbox-java

Remove libfontbox-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfontbox-java

Dependencies

libfontbox-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libfontbox-java website

Summary

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