How To Install fonts-rufscript on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-rufscript on Kali Linux. fonts-rufscript is handwriting-based font for Latin characters

Introduction

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

What is fonts-rufscript

fonts-rufscript is:

Rufscript is a handwriting-based Unicode font containing basic Latin characters and is created using only FOSS tools (Fontforge - Inkscape - GIMP).

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-rufscript

Install fonts-rufscript Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-rufscript

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-rufscript

How To Uninstall fonts-rufscript on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-rufscript

Uninstall fonts-rufscript And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-rufscript

Remove fonts-rufscript Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-rufscript

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-rufscript have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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