How To Install font-viewer on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install font-viewer on Kali Linux. font-viewer is Full-featured font preview application for GTK Environments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install font-viewer on Kali Linux.

What is font-viewer

font-viewer is:

Font Manager is intended to provide a way for average users to easily manage desktop fonts, without having to resort to command line tools or editing configuration files by hand. While designed primarily with the GNOME Desktop Environment in mind, it should work well with other Gtk+ desktop environments.

This package provides the font-viewer component of Font Manager.

There are three methods to install font-viewer 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 font-viewer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install font-viewer

Install font-viewer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install font-viewer

Install font-viewer 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 font-viewer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install font-viewer

How To Uninstall font-viewer on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the font-viewer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove font-viewer

Uninstall font-viewer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove font-viewer

Remove font-viewer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge font-viewer

Remove font-viewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge font-viewer

Dependencies

font-viewer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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