How To Install libwoff1 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwoff1 on Kali Linux. libwoff1 is library for converting fonts to WOFF 2.0

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwoff1 on Kali Linux.

What is libwoff1

libwoff1 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.

There are three methods to install libwoff1 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 libwoff1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libwoff1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwoff1

Install libwoff1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libwoff1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libwoff1

Install libwoff1 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 libwoff1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwoff1

How To Uninstall libwoff1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libwoff1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwoff1

Uninstall libwoff1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwoff1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwoff1

Remove libwoff1 Configurations and Data

To remove libwoff1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwoff1

Remove libwoff1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libwoff1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwoff1

Dependencies

libwoff1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwoff1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.