How To Install fonts-nakula on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-nakula on Kali Linux. fonts-nakula is Free Unicode compliant Devanagari font

Introduction

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

What is fonts-nakula

fonts-nakula is:

This package provides font for Devanagari script which is used for writing Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit languages.

Nakula follows the Mumbai style of Devanagari, with rounded glyphs and little thin/thick variation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-nakula

Install fonts-nakula Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-nakula

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-nakula

How To Uninstall fonts-nakula on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-nakula

Uninstall fonts-nakula And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-nakula

Remove fonts-nakula Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-nakula

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-nakula have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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