How To Install libpangoxft-1.0-0 on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is libpangoxft-1.0-0

libpangoxft-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 libpangoxft-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 libpangoxft-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 libpangoxft-1.0-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libpangoxft-1.0-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpangoxft-1.0-0

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpangoxft-1.0-0

How To Uninstall libpangoxft-1.0-0 on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpangoxft-1.0-0

Uninstall libpangoxft-1.0-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpangoxft-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 libpangoxft-1.0-0

Remove libpangoxft-1.0-0 Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpangoxft-1.0-0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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