How To Install fonts-ibm-plex on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-ibm-plex on Kali Linux.
What is fonts-ibm-plex
fonts-ibm-plex is:
IBM Plex is an extensive font family developed by IBM. It comes in four subfamilies (Sans, Sans Condensed, Mono and Serif) and 8 weights (Thin, Extralight, Light, Regular, Text, Medium, Semibold, Bold), with true italics to complement them. A variable-weight counterpart of IBM Plex Sans is also available.
The four basic subfamilies support most of the languages using the Latin alphabet (including Vietnamese), the Cyrillic writing system and monotonic Greek. Hebrew (including cantillation marks), Thai (both looped and loopless), Devanagari and Arabic are supported as separate typefaces.
There is also support for common mathematical and currency symbols as well as ligatures and stylistic alternates.
This package contains the TrueType (CFF) flavored OpenType fonts and the WOFF/WOFF2 web fonts.
There are three methods to install fonts-ibm-plex 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-ibm-plex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-ibm-plex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-ibm-plexInstall fonts-ibm-plex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-ibm-plex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-ibm-plexInstall fonts-ibm-plex 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-ibm-plex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-ibm-plexHow To Uninstall fonts-ibm-plex on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fonts-ibm-plex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-ibm-plexUninstall fonts-ibm-plex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-ibm-plex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-ibm-plexRemove fonts-ibm-plex Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-ibm-plex configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-ibm-plexRemove fonts-ibm-plex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-ibm-plex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-ibm-plexDependencies
fonts-ibm-plex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-ibm-plex package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
