How To Install fonts-courier-prime on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-courier-prime

fonts-courier-prime is:

This is a monospace font, similar to Courier. It was designed to replace the legendary Courier especially in screenwriting. It’s Courier, just better. Courier Prime is optimized for 12 point size, and matches the metrics of Courier and Courier Final Draft, so you can (mostly) swap it out one-for-one and your page count should not change.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-courier-prime

Install fonts-courier-prime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-courier-prime

Install fonts-courier-prime 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-courier-prime using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-courier-prime

How To Uninstall fonts-courier-prime on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-courier-prime

Uninstall fonts-courier-prime And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-courier-prime

Remove fonts-courier-prime Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-courier-prime

Remove fonts-courier-prime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-courier-prime

Dependencies

fonts-courier-prime have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-courier-prime website

Summary

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