How To Install libxft2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxft2 on Kali Linux.

What is libxft2

libxft2 is:

Xft provides a client-side font API for X applications, making the FreeType font rasterizer available to X clients. Fontconfig is used for font specification resolution. Where available, the RENDER extension handles glyph drawing; otherwise, the core X protocol is used.

There are three methods to install libxft2 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 libxft2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxft2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxft2

Install libxft2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxft2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxft2

Install libxft2 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 libxft2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxft2

How To Uninstall libxft2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libxft2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxft2

Uninstall libxft2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxft2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxft2

Remove libxft2 Configurations and Data

To remove libxft2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxft2

Remove libxft2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxft2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxft2

Dependencies

libxft2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libx11-6
• libxrender1

References

• libxft2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxft2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.