How To Install cm-super on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super on Kali Linux.
What is cm-super
cm-super is:
This package ships the full set of cm-super fonts, for a minimal variant install cm-super-minimal.
The CM-Super package contains Type 1 fonts converted from METAFONT fonts and covers entire EC/TC, EC Concrete, EC Bright and LH fonts (Computer Modern font families). All European and Cyrillic writings are covered. Each Type 1 font program contains ALL glyphs from the following standard LaTeX font encodings: T1, TS1, T2A, T2B, T2C, X2, and also Adobe StandardEncoding (585 glyphs per non-SC font and 468 glyphs per SC font), and could be reencoded to any of these encodings using standard dvips or pdftex facilities (the corresponding support files are also included).
There are three methods to install cm-super 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 cm-super Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cm-super using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cm-superInstall cm-super Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cm-super using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cm-superInstall cm-super 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cm-super using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cm-superHow To Uninstall cm-super on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cm-super package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cm-superUninstall cm-super And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cm-super and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cm-superRemove cm-super Configurations and Data
To remove cm-super configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cm-superRemove cm-super configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cm-super configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cm-superDependencies
cm-super have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.