How To Install fonts-cardo on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-cardo on Kali Linux. fonts-cardo is font for scholarly use in classical and medieval languages

Introduction

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

What is fonts-cardo

fonts-cardo is:

Cardo is a large Unicode font specifically designed for the needs of classicists, biblical scholars, medievalists, and linguists. Since it may be used to prepare materials for publication, it also contains features that are required for high-quality typography, such as ligatures, text figures (also known as old style numerals), true small capitals and a variety of punctuation and space characters.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-cardo

Install fonts-cardo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-cardo

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-cardo

How To Uninstall fonts-cardo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-cardo

Uninstall fonts-cardo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-cardo

Remove fonts-cardo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-cardo

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-cardo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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