How To Install fontconfig-config on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontconfig-config on Kali Linux.
What is fontconfig-config
fontconfig-config is:
Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications.
This package contains the configuration files and scripts for fontconfig.
There are three methods to install fontconfig-config 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 fontconfig-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fontconfig-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fontconfig-configInstall fontconfig-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fontconfig-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fontconfig-configInstall fontconfig-config 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 fontconfig-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fontconfig-configHow To Uninstall fontconfig-config on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fontconfig-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fontconfig-configUninstall fontconfig-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fontconfig-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fontconfig-configRemove fontconfig-config Configurations and Data
To remove fontconfig-config configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fontconfig-configRemove fontconfig-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fontconfig-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fontconfig-configDependencies
fontconfig-config have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontconfig-config package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.