How To Install fonts-liberation2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-liberation2 on Kali Linux.

What is fonts-liberation2

fonts-liberation2 is:

A set of serif, sans-serif and monospaced fonts from Red Hat with exactly the same metrics as the (non-free) Microsoft Times, Arial and Courier fonts, which implies those fonts can serve as a drop-in replacement. The font family is named Liberation.

There are three methods to install fonts-liberation2 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-liberation2 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-liberation2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-liberation2

Install fonts-liberation2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-liberation2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-liberation2

Install fonts-liberation2 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-liberation2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-liberation2

How To Uninstall fonts-liberation2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fonts-liberation2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-liberation2

Uninstall fonts-liberation2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-liberation2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-liberation2

Remove fonts-liberation2 Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-liberation2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-liberation2

Remove fonts-liberation2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-liberation2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-liberation2

Dependencies

fonts-liberation2 have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-liberation2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-liberation2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.