How To Install libpango1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpango1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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-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 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpango1.0-dev
How To Uninstall libpango1.0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpango1.0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
