How To Install libpango1.0-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpango1.0-dev on Kali Linux. libpango1.0-dev is Development files for the Pango

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpango1.0-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libpango1.0-dev

libpango1.0-dev 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 package contains the header files and some files needed for development with Pango.

There are three methods to install libpango1.0-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 libpango1.0-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libpango1.0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpango1.0-dev

Install libpango1.0-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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpango1.0-dev

How To Uninstall libpango1.0-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpango1.0-dev

Uninstall libpango1.0-dev And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove libpango1.0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libpango1.0-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpango1.0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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