How To Install libicu-le-hb0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicu-le-hb0 on Kali Linux. libicu-le-hb0 is ICU Layout Engine API on top of HarfBuzz shaping library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicu-le-hb0 on Kali Linux.

What is libicu-le-hb0

libicu-le-hb0 is:

A library implementing the ICU Layout Engine (icu-le) API using external HarfBuzz library for implementation. This is useful as a compatibility layer to make applications using ICU Layout Engine to use HarfBuzz without porting them to use the HarfBuzz API.

The code is mostly a trimmed down version of icu/source/layout, with all shapers stripped out, and HarfBuzz integrated.

There are three methods to install libicu-le-hb0 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 libicu-le-hb0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libicu-le-hb0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libicu-le-hb0

Install libicu-le-hb0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libicu-le-hb0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libicu-le-hb0

Install libicu-le-hb0 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 libicu-le-hb0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libicu-le-hb0

How To Uninstall libicu-le-hb0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libicu-le-hb0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libicu-le-hb0

Uninstall libicu-le-hb0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libicu-le-hb0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libicu-le-hb0

Remove libicu-le-hb0 Configurations and Data

To remove libicu-le-hb0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libicu-le-hb0

Remove libicu-le-hb0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libicu-le-hb0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libicu-le-hb0

Dependencies

libicu-le-hb0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libicu-le-hb0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.