How To Install console-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install console-data on Kali Linux.

What is console-data

console-data is:

This package provides the standard data files for the Linux console tools.

This includes keyboard definitions (keymaps), console fonts for various encodings, maps defining the standard charsets for use by text applications, and fallback tables allowing to approximate an unavailable character’s glyph with the glyph of another character in the current font.

There are three methods to install console-data 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 console-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install console-data

Install console-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install console-data

Install console-data 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 console-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install console-data

How To Uninstall console-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the console-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove console-data

Uninstall console-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove console-data

Remove console-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge console-data

Remove console-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge console-data

Dependencies

console-data have the following dependencies:

• debconf

References

• console-data website

Summary

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