How To Install liblasi-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblasi-dev on Kali Linux.
What is liblasi-dev
liblasi-dev is:
LASi is a library that provides a C++ stream output interface (with operator «) for creating PostScript documents that can contain characters from any of the scripts and symbol blocks supported in Unicode and by the Pango layout engine. The library accommodates right-to-left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew as easily as left-to-right scripts. Indic and Indic-derived Complex Text Layout (CTL) scripts, such as Devanagari, Thai, Lao, and Tibetan are supported to the extent provided by Pango and by the OpenType fonts installed on your system. All of this is provided without need for any special configuration or layout calculation on the programmer’s part.
This package contains the development files as well as the HTML documentation for LASi.
There are three methods to install liblasi-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 liblasi-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liblasi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblasi-devInstall liblasi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install liblasi-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblasi-devInstall liblasi-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 liblasi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblasi-devHow To Uninstall liblasi-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the liblasi-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblasi-devUninstall liblasi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblasi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblasi-devRemove liblasi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblasi-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblasi-devRemove liblasi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblasi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblasi-devDependencies
liblasi-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblasi-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.