How To Install fonts-oldstandard on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-oldstandard

fonts-oldstandard is:

The Old Standard font family is an attempt to revive a specific type of modern (classicistic) antiqua, very commonly used in various editions printed in the late 19th and early 20th century, but almost completely abandoned later.

The full font sources (fontforge .sfd and xgridfit .xdf) and extensive documentation are also available.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-oldstandard

Install fonts-oldstandard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-oldstandard

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-oldstandard

How To Uninstall fonts-oldstandard on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-oldstandard

Uninstall fonts-oldstandard And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-oldstandard

Remove fonts-oldstandard Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-oldstandard

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-oldstandard have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-oldstandard website

Summary

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