How To Install libpaps0 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpaps0 on Kali Linux. libpaps0 is UTF-8 to PostScript converter library using Pango

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpaps0 on Kali Linux.

What is libpaps0

libpaps0 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 library that implements paps’ API.

There are three methods to install libpaps0 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 libpaps0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libpaps0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpaps0

Install libpaps0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libpaps0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libpaps0

Install libpaps0 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 libpaps0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpaps0

How To Uninstall libpaps0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libpaps0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpaps0

Uninstall libpaps0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpaps0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpaps0

Remove libpaps0 Configurations and Data

To remove libpaps0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpaps0

Remove libpaps0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libpaps0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpaps0

Dependencies

libpaps0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpaps0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.