How To Install fonts-b612 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-b612 on Kali Linux.

What is fonts-b612

fonts-b612 is:

In 2010, Airbus initiated a research collaboration with ENAC and Universite de Toulouse III on a prospective study to define and validate an Aeronautical Font: the challenge was to improve the display of information on the cockpit screens, in particular in terms of legibility and comfort of reading, and to optimize the overall homogeneity of the cockpit.

Two years later, Airbus came to find Intactile DESIGN to work on the design of the eight typographic variants of the font. This one, baptized B612 in reference to the imaginary asteroid of the aviator SaintExupery, benefited from a complete hinting on all the characters.

Main characteristics are:

• Maximize the distance between the forms of the characters
• Respect the primitives of the different letters
• Harmonize the forms and their spacing

There are three methods to install fonts-b612 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-b612 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-b612 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-b612

Install fonts-b612 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-b612 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-b612

Install fonts-b612 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-b612 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-b612

How To Uninstall fonts-b612 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fonts-b612 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-b612

Uninstall fonts-b612 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-b612 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-b612

Remove fonts-b612 Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-b612 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-b612

Remove fonts-b612 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-b612 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-b612

Dependencies

fonts-b612 have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-b612 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-b612 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.