How To Install fonts-clear-sans on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-clear-sans

fonts-clear-sans is:

Clear Sans (also known as Intel Clear) is a versatile font for screen, print, and Web, designed with on-screen legibility in mind.

It’s used, among others, by Firefox on Android.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-clear-sans

Install fonts-clear-sans Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-clear-sans

Install fonts-clear-sans 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-clear-sans using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-clear-sans

How To Uninstall fonts-clear-sans on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-clear-sans

Uninstall fonts-clear-sans And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-clear-sans

Remove fonts-clear-sans Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-clear-sans

Remove fonts-clear-sans configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-clear-sans

Dependencies

fonts-clear-sans have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-clear-sans website

Summary

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