How To Install r-cran-textshaping on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-textshaping on Kali Linux.

What is r-cran-textshaping

r-cran-textshaping is:

Provides access to the text shaping functionality in the ‘HarfBuzz’ library and the bidirectional algorithm in the ‘Fribidi’ library. ’textshaping’ is a low-level utility package mainly for graphic devices that expands upon the font tool-set provided by the ‘systemfonts’ package.

There are three methods to install r-cran-textshaping 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 r-cran-textshaping Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-textshaping

Install r-cran-textshaping Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-textshaping using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-textshaping

Install r-cran-textshaping 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 r-cran-textshaping using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-textshaping

How To Uninstall r-cran-textshaping on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the r-cran-textshaping package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-textshaping

Uninstall r-cran-textshaping And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-textshaping

Remove r-cran-textshaping Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-textshaping configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-textshaping

Remove r-cran-textshaping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-textshaping configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-textshaping

Dependencies

r-cran-textshaping have the following dependencies:

• r-base-core
• r-api-4.0
• r-cran-systemfonts
• r-cran-cpp11
• libc6
• libfreetype6
• libfribidi0
• libgcc-s1
• libharfbuzz0b
• libstdc++6

References

• r-cran-textshaping website

Summary

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