How To Install libpango1.0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpango1.0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libpango1.0-0 is Layout and rendering of internationalized text (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpango1.0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libpango1.0-0

libpango1.0-0 is:

Pango is a library for layout and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization. Pango can be used anywhere that text layout is needed. however, most of the work on Pango-1.0 was done using the GTK+ widget toolkit as a test platform. Pango forms the core of text and font handling for GTK+-2.0.

Pango is designed to be modular; the core Pango layout can be used with four different font backends:

  • Core X windowing system fonts
  • Client-side fonts on X using the Xft library
  • Direct rendering of scalable fonts using the FreeType library
  • Native fonts on Microsoft backends

This is a transitional package.

There are three methods to install libpango1.0-0 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 libpango1.0-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpango1.0-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpango1.0-0

Install libpango1.0-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpango1.0-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpango1.0-0

Install libpango1.0-0 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 libpango1.0-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpango1.0-0

How To Uninstall libpango1.0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libpango1.0-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpango1.0-0

Uninstall libpango1.0-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpango1.0-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpango1.0-0

Remove libpango1.0-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpango1.0-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpango1.0-0

Remove libpango1.0-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpango1.0-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpango1.0-0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpango1.0-0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.