Is it possible to install libXft.so.2 on WSL?

Question

I wish to run a scientific GUI on WSL, which requires libXft.so.2 package. Used sudo apt-get command, bash returned.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libXft.so.2

This is not about finding a file from package, it's installing a package, on WSL.

Possible duplicate of How do I find the package that provides a file? — Fabby, Apr 27 '19 at 07:21
@Bhuvan Actually, this is because the single file is a file included in a package - find the package that provides the file and install that package, should "Just Work" — Thomas Ward, Dec 23 '19 at 16:34

Liso · Answer 1 · 2019-04-22T07:55:47.257

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I suspect it is not a package, rather it's a file—precisely file provided by some package.

Looking up libxFt.so.2 in packages.ubuntu.com yield libxft2 package, so install it as follow.

sudo apt-get install libxft2

You can then check the file availability through locate.

:~$ locate libXft.so.2
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXft.so.2
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXft.so.2.3.2

edited Apr 22 '19 at 07:55

answered Apr 22 '19 at 05:46

Liso

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