How To Install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp on Kali Linux.

What is fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp

fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp is:

“AR PL SungtiL GB” is a high-quality Chinese TrueType font (gbsn00lp.ttf) generously provided by Arphic Technology to the Free Software community under the “Arphic Public License”.

You also need to install the “latex-cjk-chinese-arphic-gbsn00lp” package for typesetting with Omega or with CJK for LaTeX (cjk-latex).

There are three methods to install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp 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 fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp

Install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp

Install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp 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 fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp

How To Uninstall fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp

Uninstall fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp

Remove fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp

Remove fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp

Dependencies

fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.