How To Install fntsample on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fntsample on Kali Linux.

What is fntsample

fntsample is:

A program for making font samples that show Unicode coverage of the font and are similar in appearance to Unicode charts. Samples can be saved as PDF or PostScript files.

This package also contains script called ‘pdfoutline’, that can be used to add outlines (aka bookmarks) to generated PDF files.

There are three methods to install fntsample 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 fntsample Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fntsample

Install fntsample Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fntsample using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fntsample

Install fntsample 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 fntsample using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fntsample

How To Uninstall fntsample on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fntsample package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fntsample

Uninstall fntsample And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fntsample

Remove fntsample Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fntsample

Remove fntsample configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fntsample

Dependencies

fntsample have the following dependencies:

• libpdf-api2-perl
• libintl-perl
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libglib2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpangoft2-1.0-0
• perl

References

• fntsample website

Summary

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