How To Install libotf0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotf0 on Kali Linux.

What is libotf0

libotf0 is:

The libotf library provides the following facilities:

• Read Open Type Layout Tables from OTF file. Currently these tables are supported; head, name, cmap, GDEF, GSUB, and GPOS.
• Convert a Unicode character sequence to a glyph code sequence by using the above tables.

The combination of libotf and the FreeType library (Ver.2) realizes CTL (complex text layout) by OpenType fonts.

This package contains the runtime part of libotf.

There are three methods to install libotf0 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 libotf0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libotf0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libotf0

Install libotf0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libotf0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libotf0

Install libotf0 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 libotf0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libotf0

How To Uninstall libotf0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libotf0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libotf0

Uninstall libotf0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libotf0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libotf0

Remove libotf0 Configurations and Data

To remove libotf0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libotf0

Remove libotf0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libotf0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libotf0

Dependencies

libotf0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfreetype6

References

• libotf0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotf0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.