How To Install libpaps-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpaps-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libpaps-dev
libpaps-dev is:
Paps reads a UTF-8 encoded file and generates a PostScript language rendering of the file. The rendering is done by creating outline curves through the pango ft2 backend.
This package contains the development files that are necessary to develop applications using paps API.
There are three methods to install libpaps-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 libpaps-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpaps-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpaps-devInstall libpaps-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpaps-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpaps-devInstall libpaps-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpaps-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpaps-devHow To Uninstall libpaps-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpaps-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpaps-devUninstall libpaps-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpaps-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpaps-devRemove libpaps-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpaps-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpaps-devRemove libpaps-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpaps-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpaps-devDependencies
libpaps-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpaps-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
