How To Install liblasi0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblasi0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblasi0
liblasi0 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.
There are three methods to install liblasi0 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblasi0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblasi0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblasi0
Install liblasi0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblasi0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblasi0
Install liblasi0 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install liblasi0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblasi0
How To Uninstall liblasi0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblasi0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblasi0
Uninstall liblasi0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblasi0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblasi0
Remove liblasi0 Configurations and Data
To remove liblasi0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblasi0
Remove liblasi0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblasi0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblasi0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblasi0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
