How To Install fonts-b612 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-b612
on Kali Linux.
What is fonts-b612
fonts-b612 is:
In 2010, Airbus initiated a research collaboration with ENAC and Universite de Toulouse III on a prospective study to define and validate an Aeronautical Font: the challenge was to improve the display of information on the cockpit screens, in particular in terms of legibility and comfort of reading, and to optimize the overall homogeneity of the cockpit.
Two years later, Airbus came to find Intactile DESIGN to work on the design of the eight typographic variants of the font. This one, baptized B612 in reference to the imaginary asteroid of the aviator SaintExupery, benefited from a complete hinting on all the characters.
Main characteristics are:
- Maximize the distance between the forms of the characters
- Respect the primitives of the different letters
- Harmonize the forms and their spacing
There are three methods to install fonts-b612
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 fonts-b612 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-b612
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-b612
Install fonts-b612 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-b612
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-b612
Install fonts-b612 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 fonts-b612
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-b612
How To Uninstall fonts-b612 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fonts-b612
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-b612
Uninstall fonts-b612 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-b612
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-b612
Remove fonts-b612 Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-b612
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-b612
Remove fonts-b612 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-b612
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-b612
Dependencies
fonts-b612 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-b612
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.