How To Install fonts-gfs-didot on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-gfs-didot

fonts-gfs-didot is:

Didot’s type was the base for a new font, GFS Didot (1994) which was designed by Takis Katsoulidis, and digitised by George Matthiopoulos. The typeface is accompanied by a matching latin alphabet based on Hermann Zapf’s Palatino.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-gfs-didot

Install fonts-gfs-didot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-gfs-didot

Install fonts-gfs-didot 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-gfs-didot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-gfs-didot

How To Uninstall fonts-gfs-didot on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-gfs-didot

Uninstall fonts-gfs-didot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-gfs-didot

Remove fonts-gfs-didot Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-gfs-didot

Remove fonts-gfs-didot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-gfs-didot

Dependencies

fonts-gfs-didot have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-gfs-didot website

Summary

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