How To Install python3-vttlib on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vttlib on Kali Linux. python3-vttlib is Python library to extract VTT (Microsoft Visual TrueType) font hinting data

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vttlib on Kali Linux.

What is python3-vttlib

python3-vttlib is:

A library to:

  • Extract VTT hinting data from a OpenType font prepared with Microsoft Visual TrueType (VTT) and store it in a FontTools TTX dump
  • Merge it back from a TTX dump into an OpenType font and
  • Compile the data inside to font to ship it (turn TSI* tables into fpgm, etc.).

The primary use case is version control of hinting data of fonts.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-vttlib 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 python3-vttlib Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-vttlib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-vttlib

Install python3-vttlib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-vttlib using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-vttlib

Install python3-vttlib 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 python3-vttlib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-vttlib

How To Uninstall python3-vttlib on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-vttlib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-vttlib

Uninstall python3-vttlib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-vttlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-vttlib

Remove python3-vttlib Configurations and Data

To remove python3-vttlib configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-vttlib

Remove python3-vttlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-vttlib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-vttlib

Dependencies

python3-vttlib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vttlib package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.