How To Install python3-nototools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-nototools on Kali Linux. python3-nototools is font support tools from the Noto Fonts project

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-nototools on Kali Linux.

What is python3-nototools

python3-nototools is:

Noto is a collection of font families, each visually harmonized across scripts.

The name “Noto” is short for “No Tofu”, describing the aim of covering all living Unicode scripts.

Tofu (???) is Japanese jargon for unicode replacement character “??” (U+FFFD) often displayed as replacement for unassigned or unknown characters.

This package contains Python scripts used to maintain the fonts.

There are three methods to install python3-nototools 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 python3-nototools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-nototools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-nototools

Install python3-nototools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-nototools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-nototools

Install python3-nototools 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 python3-nototools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-nototools

How To Uninstall python3-nototools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-nototools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-nototools

Uninstall python3-nototools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-nototools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-nototools

Remove python3-nototools Configurations and Data

To remove python3-nototools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-nototools

Remove python3-nototools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-nototools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-nototools

Dependencies

python3-nototools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-nototools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.