How To Install xfonts-nexus on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-nexus on Kali Linux.

What is xfonts-nexus

xfonts-nexus is:

A sans-serif, fixed width font with iso8859 encoding. Only available as 10 point with medium weight.

There are three methods to install xfonts-nexus 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 xfonts-nexus Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-nexus

Install xfonts-nexus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xfonts-nexus

Install xfonts-nexus 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 xfonts-nexus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-nexus

How To Uninstall xfonts-nexus on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xfonts-nexus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-nexus

Uninstall xfonts-nexus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-nexus

Remove xfonts-nexus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-nexus

Remove xfonts-nexus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-nexus

Dependencies

xfonts-nexus have the following dependencies:

• xfonts-utils

References

• xfonts-nexus website

Summary

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