How To Install fontforge on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fontforge

fontforge is:

FontForge is a font editor. Use it to create, edit and convert fonts in OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed, Multiple Master, and many other formats.

This package also provides these programs and utilities: fontimage - produce a font thumbnail image; fontlint - checks the font for certain common errors; sfddiff - compare two font files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fontforge

Install fontforge Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fontforge

Install fontforge 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 fontforge using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fontforge

How To Uninstall fontforge on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fontforge

Uninstall fontforge And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fontforge

Remove fontforge Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fontforge

Remove fontforge configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fontforge

Dependencies

fontforge have the following dependencies:

• fontforge-common

References

• fontforge website

Summary

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