How To Install fonts-mikachan on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-mikachan on Kali Linux. fonts-mikachan is handwritten Japanese Truetype font

Introduction

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

What is fonts-mikachan

fonts-mikachan is:

This package provides handwritten Japanese truetype font. It contains 7 truetype fonts:

  • Mikachan : fixed width
  • Mikachan-P : proportional
  • Mikachan-PB : proportional and bold
  • Mikachan-PS : proportional, some fonts are smaller than Kanji - Hiragana, Katakana, Arabic numerals and Symbols
  • Mikachan-puchi: petit and petit bold

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-mikachan

Install fonts-mikachan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-mikachan

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-mikachan

How To Uninstall fonts-mikachan on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-mikachan

Uninstall fonts-mikachan And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-mikachan

Remove fonts-mikachan Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-mikachan

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-mikachan have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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