How To Install libgraphite2-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphite2-dev on Kali Linux. libgraphite2-dev is Development files for libgraphite2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphite2-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libgraphite2-dev

libgraphite2-dev is:

Graphite is a system that can be used to create and use “smart fonts” capable of displaying writing systems with various complex behaviors, such as: contextual shaping, ligatures, reordering, split glyphs, bidirectionality, stacking diacritics and complex positioning.

This library was designed and developed by the NRSI (Non-Roman Script Initiative) within SIL International (www.sil.org) to act as a complement to other smart font rendering technologies with limited practical local extensibility. Its purpose is to help meet the needs of a very large number of “minority language” communities for local extensibility of complex script behaviors.

The behavior of the rendering engine for a given writing system is specified through extra tables added to a TrueType font. These tables are generated by compiling a GDL (Graphite Description Language) source file into a font using grcompiler.

This package contains the development libraries for libgraphite2

There are three methods to install libgraphite2-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 libgraphite2-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 libgraphite2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgraphite2-dev

Install libgraphite2-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgraphite2-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgraphite2-dev

Install libgraphite2-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 libgraphite2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgraphite2-dev

How To Uninstall libgraphite2-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgraphite2-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgraphite2-dev

Uninstall libgraphite2-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgraphite2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgraphite2-dev

Remove libgraphite2-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgraphite2-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgraphite2-dev

Remove libgraphite2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgraphite2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgraphite2-dev

Dependencies

libgraphite2-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphite2-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.