How To Install fonts-lobster on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-lobster

fonts-lobster is:

The beauty of real hand-drawn lettering is that the lettering artists subtly modify the shape of letters so they connect with the next ones. These linked letters-pairs are called “ligatures”. Thus, in order to provide a smooth hand-written look, the Lobster font provides a large number of ligatures, as well as terminal forms (i.e. glyphs that are used for word endings).

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-lobster

Install fonts-lobster Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-lobster

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-lobster

How To Uninstall fonts-lobster on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-lobster

Uninstall fonts-lobster And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-lobster

Remove fonts-lobster Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-lobster

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-lobster have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-lobster website

Summary

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