How To Install fonts-ipafont-gothic on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-ipafont-gothic on Kali Linux.

What is fonts-ipafont-gothic

fonts-ipafont-gothic is:

IPA Fonts are JIS X 0213:2004 compliant OpenType fonts based on TrueType outlines provided by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) from 2003. These are suitable for both display and printing.

This package provides Gothic (san-serif) style fonts. IPA Gothic Font is the equal-width font. IPA P Gothic Font is the propotional font.

In the equal-width font, the fullwidth characters (most CJK characters) occupy exactly twice as much width of the halfwidth characters (normal alphabets and numbers).

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-ipafont-gothic

Install fonts-ipafont-gothic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-ipafont-gothic

Install fonts-ipafont-gothic 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-ipafont-gothic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-ipafont-gothic

How To Uninstall fonts-ipafont-gothic on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fonts-ipafont-gothic package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-ipafont-gothic

Uninstall fonts-ipafont-gothic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-ipafont-gothic

Remove fonts-ipafont-gothic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-ipafont-gothic

Remove fonts-ipafont-gothic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-ipafont-gothic

Dependencies

fonts-ipafont-gothic have the following dependencies:

• dpkg

References

• fonts-ipafont-gothic website

Summary

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