How To Install fontmake on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontmake
on Kali Linux.
What is fontmake
fontmake is:
This library provides a wrapper for several other Python libraries which together compile fonts from various sources (.glyphs, .ufo) into binaries (.otf, .ttf).
This package provides the executable program.
There are three methods to install fontmake
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 fontmake Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fontmake
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fontmake
Install fontmake Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fontmake
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fontmake
Install fontmake 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 fontmake
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fontmake
How To Uninstall fontmake on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fontmake
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fontmake
Uninstall fontmake And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fontmake
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fontmake
Remove fontmake Configurations and Data
To remove fontmake
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fontmake
Remove fontmake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fontmake
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fontmake
Dependencies
fontmake have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontmake
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.