How To Install fonts-nanum on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-nanum

fonts-nanum is:

Nanum font families are Korean font families which are intended for use on computer screens. These fonts are good with computer LCD monitors because they have used rich hinting techniques like subpixel rendering.

This package contains commonly-used Korean font families.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-nanum

Install fonts-nanum Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-nanum

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-nanum

How To Uninstall fonts-nanum on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-nanum

Uninstall fonts-nanum And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-nanum

Remove fonts-nanum Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-nanum

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-nanum have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-nanum website

Summary

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