How To Install fonts-ipaexfont on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-ipaexfont on Kali Linux. fonts-ipaexfont is Japanese OpenType font, all IPAex Fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-ipaexfont on Kali Linux.

What is fonts-ipaexfont

fonts-ipaexfont is:

IPAex Fonts are JIS X 0213:2004 compliant OpenType fonts based on TrueType outlines provided by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) from 2010. The older JIS X 0213:2000 font gliphs are also supported via IVS (Ideographic Variation Sequence). These are suitable for both display and printing.

These new fonts are developed from IPA Fonts to provide the best balance for the Japanese documentation mixed with Western characters by following Japanese printing tradition. Japanese characters (Kanji, Kana and punctuation marks) are full width mono-space pitch, and Western characters are proportional pitch.

This metapackage depends on fonts-ipaexfont-{mincho,gothic} packages to provide IPAex Mincho and IPAex Gothic Fonts.

There are three methods to install fonts-ipaexfont 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-ipaexfont 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-ipaexfont using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-ipaexfont

Install fonts-ipaexfont Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-ipaexfont

Install fonts-ipaexfont 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-ipaexfont using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-ipaexfont

How To Uninstall fonts-ipaexfont on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fonts-ipaexfont package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-ipaexfont

Uninstall fonts-ipaexfont And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-ipaexfont

Remove fonts-ipaexfont Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-ipaexfont

Remove fonts-ipaexfont configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-ipaexfont

Dependencies

fonts-ipaexfont have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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