How To Install libpangoft2-1.0-0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpangoft2-1.0-0 on Kali Linux. libpangoft2-1.0-0 is Layout and rendering of internationalized text

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpangoft2-1.0-0 on Kali Linux.

What is libpangoft2-1.0-0

libpangoft2-1.0-0 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 package contains the shared libraries.

There are three methods to install libpangoft2-1.0-0 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 libpangoft2-1.0-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpangoft2-1.0-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpangoft2-1.0-0

Install libpangoft2-1.0-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpangoft2-1.0-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpangoft2-1.0-0

Install libpangoft2-1.0-0 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 libpangoft2-1.0-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpangoft2-1.0-0

How To Uninstall libpangoft2-1.0-0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpangoft2-1.0-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpangoft2-1.0-0

Uninstall libpangoft2-1.0-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpangoft2-1.0-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpangoft2-1.0-0

Remove libpangoft2-1.0-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpangoft2-1.0-0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpangoft2-1.0-0

Remove libpangoft2-1.0-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpangoft2-1.0-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpangoft2-1.0-0

Dependencies

libpangoft2-1.0-0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpangoft2-1.0-0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.