How To Install fonts-mlym on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-mlym

fonts-mlym is:

This package allows you to install all available Malayalam fonts in Debian.

This package installs following fonts:

• fonts-lohit-mlym
• fonts-smc
• fonts-samyak-mlym

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-mlym

Install fonts-mlym Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-mlym

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-mlym

How To Uninstall fonts-mlym on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-mlym

Uninstall fonts-mlym And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-mlym

Remove fonts-mlym Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-mlym

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-mlym have the following dependencies:

• fonts-lohit-mlym
• fonts-samyak-mlym
• fonts-smc

References

• fonts-mlym website

Summary

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