How To Install libwoff-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwoff-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libwoff-dev
libwoff-dev is:
woff2 is a library for converting fonts from the TTF format to the WOFF 2.0 format. The library also allows decompression from WOFF 2.0 to TTF.
The WOFF 2.0 format uses the Brotli compression algorithm to compress fonts suitable for use in CSS @font-face rules. WOFF 2.0 is a W3C Candidate Recommendation.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libwoff-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 libwoff-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libwoff-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwoff-devInstall libwoff-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libwoff-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwoff-devInstall libwoff-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 libwoff-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwoff-devHow To Uninstall libwoff-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libwoff-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwoff-devUninstall libwoff-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwoff-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwoff-devRemove libwoff-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwoff-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwoff-devRemove libwoff-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwoff-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwoff-devDependencies
libwoff-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwoff-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.