How To Install libharfbuzz-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libharfbuzz-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libharfbuzz-dev
libharfbuzz-dev is:
HarfBuzz is an implementation of the OpenType Layout engine (aka layout engine) and the script-specific logic (aka shaping engine).
This package contains the header files and static libraries for the HarfBuzz library.
There are three methods to install libharfbuzz-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 libharfbuzz-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libharfbuzz-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libharfbuzz-devInstall libharfbuzz-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libharfbuzz-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libharfbuzz-devInstall libharfbuzz-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 libharfbuzz-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libharfbuzz-devHow To Uninstall libharfbuzz-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libharfbuzz-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libharfbuzz-devUninstall libharfbuzz-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libharfbuzz-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libharfbuzz-devRemove libharfbuzz-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libharfbuzz-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libharfbuzz-devRemove libharfbuzz-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libharfbuzz-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libharfbuzz-devDependencies
libharfbuzz-dev have the following dependencies:
- libharfbuzz0b
- libharfbuzz-icu0
- libharfbuzz-gobject0
- gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0
- libglib2.0-dev
- libgraphite2-dev
- libicu-dev
- libfreetype6-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libharfbuzz-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.