How To Install libisfreetype-java on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libisfreetype-java on Kali Linux.
What is libisfreetype-java
libisfreetype-java is:
The PDF rendering of the Open Source efforts of the company intarsys was in demand of a good font handling library. This new development was motivated by observations that current solutions
- only have poor support for VM
- there is no plain Java library around
- extends the de factor standard C library FreeType This library wraps around the functions that were important for using isNativeC (another library of the same company) and were ready to run on all FreeType supported platforms.
While this wrapper-library binds and uses only a very small subset of the FreeType features available, to the degree that it is needed for the jPodRenderer, it should be no problem to use and enhance this implementation in other contexts.
This package provides a only a link to the very latest version of libisfreetype.
There are three methods to install libisfreetype-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 libisfreetype-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libisfreetype-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libisfreetype-javaInstall libisfreetype-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libisfreetype-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libisfreetype-javaInstall libisfreetype-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libisfreetype-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libisfreetype-javaHow To Uninstall libisfreetype-java on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libisfreetype-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libisfreetype-javaUninstall libisfreetype-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libisfreetype-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libisfreetype-javaRemove libisfreetype-java Configurations and Data
To remove libisfreetype-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libisfreetype-javaRemove libisfreetype-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libisfreetype-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libisfreetype-javaDependencies
libisfreetype-java have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libisfreetype-java package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.