How To Install fonts-dejavu-core on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-dejavu-core on Kali Linux.
What is fonts-dejavu-core
fonts-dejavu-core is:
DejaVu provides an expanded version of the Vera font family aiming for quality and broader Unicode coverage while retaining the original Vera style. DejaVu currently works towards conformance with the Multilingual European Standards (MES-1 and MES-2) for Unicode coverage. The DejaVu fonts provide serif, sans and monospaced variants.
This package only contains the sans, sans-bold, serif, serif-bold, mono and mono-bold variants. For additional variants, see the fonts-dejavu-extra package.
DejaVu fonts are intended for use on low-resolution devices (mainly computer screens) but can be used in printing as well.
There are three methods to install fonts-dejavu-core 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-dejavu-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-dejavu-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-dejavu-coreInstall fonts-dejavu-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-dejavu-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-dejavu-coreInstall fonts-dejavu-core 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-dejavu-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-dejavu-coreHow To Uninstall fonts-dejavu-core on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fonts-dejavu-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-dejavu-coreUninstall fonts-dejavu-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-dejavu-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-dejavu-coreRemove fonts-dejavu-core Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-dejavu-core configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-dejavu-coreRemove fonts-dejavu-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-dejavu-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-dejavu-coreDependencies
fonts-dejavu-core have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-dejavu-core package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
