How To Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu on Kali Linux. fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu is Miao (Pollard) fonts for Wuding-Luquan Yi / Hei Yi / Nasu [ywqa]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu on Kali Linux.

What is fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu

fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu is:

The Shimenkan family of fonts supports the broad variety of writing systems that use the Miao (Pollard) script.

The Latin glyphs are based on the OFL-licensed Source Sans Pro fonts (https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans-pro). The Miao glyphs are designed to harmonize with the Latin, but remain true to the unique characteristics of Miao writing systems. The project is inspired by, but not based on, the Miao Unicode project (https://github.com/phjamr/MiaoUnicode).

The full font sources are publicly available at https://github.com/silnrsi/font-shimenkan An open workflow is used for building, testing and releasing.

This package provides fonts customized for Wuding-Luquan Yi / Hei Yi / Nasu with glyph variant [ywqa]

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu

Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu

Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu 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-sil-shimenkan-salaowu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu

How To Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu

Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu

Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu

Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu

Dependencies

fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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