How To Install fonts-glyphicons-halflings on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-glyphicons-halflings

fonts-glyphicons-halflings is:

GLYPHICONS is a family of icon fonts created with an emphasis to simplicity and easy orientation.

GLYPHICONS Halflings, a subset optimized for smaller graphics, were freely licensed as part of Bootstrap 2.x and 3.x.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-glyphicons-halflings

Install fonts-glyphicons-halflings Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-glyphicons-halflings

Install fonts-glyphicons-halflings 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-glyphicons-halflings using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-glyphicons-halflings

How To Uninstall fonts-glyphicons-halflings on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-glyphicons-halflings

Uninstall fonts-glyphicons-halflings And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-glyphicons-halflings

Remove fonts-glyphicons-halflings Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-glyphicons-halflings

Remove fonts-glyphicons-halflings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-glyphicons-halflings

Dependencies

fonts-glyphicons-halflings have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-glyphicons-halflings website

Summary

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