How To Install libgraphite2-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphite2-utils on Kali Linux.
What is libgraphite2-utils
libgraphite2-utils 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 package contains gr2fonttest.
There are three methods to install libgraphite2-utils 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-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgraphite2-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgraphite2-utilsInstall libgraphite2-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libgraphite2-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgraphite2-utilsInstall libgraphite2-utils 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 libgraphite2-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgraphite2-utilsHow To Uninstall libgraphite2-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libgraphite2-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgraphite2-utilsUninstall libgraphite2-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgraphite2-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgraphite2-utilsRemove libgraphite2-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libgraphite2-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgraphite2-utilsRemove libgraphite2-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgraphite2-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgraphite2-utilsDependencies
libgraphite2-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphite2-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
