How To Install cm-super-x11 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super-x11 on Kali Linux.

What is cm-super-x11

cm-super-x11 is:

This package makes the cm-super fonts available to X11. This package does not contain any fonts itself but allows one to reuse the cm-super fonts as X11 screen fonts.

There are three methods to install cm-super-x11 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-x11 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cm-super-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cm-super-x11

Install cm-super-x11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cm-super-x11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cm-super-x11

Install cm-super-x11 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 cm-super-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cm-super-x11

How To Uninstall cm-super-x11 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cm-super-x11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cm-super-x11

Uninstall cm-super-x11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cm-super-x11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cm-super-x11

Remove cm-super-x11 Configurations and Data

To remove cm-super-x11 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cm-super-x11

Remove cm-super-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cm-super-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cm-super-x11

Dependencies

cm-super-x11 have the following dependencies:

• cm-super-minimal
• xfonts-utils

References

• cm-super-x11 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super-x11 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.