How To Install fonts-noto-color-emoji on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-noto-color-emoji on Kali Linux.
What is fonts-noto-color-emoji
fonts-noto-color-emoji is:
Noto is a collection of font families, each visually harmonized across scripts.
The name “Noto” is short for “No Tofu”, describing the aim of covering all living Unicode scripts.
Tofu (???) is Japanese jargon for unicode replacement character “??” (U+FFFD) often displayed as replacement for unassigned or unknown characters.
This package contains the color emoji font used on “stock” Android devices such as the Google Pixel.
There are three methods to install fonts-noto-color-emoji 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-noto-color-emoji Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-noto-color-emoji using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-noto-color-emojiInstall fonts-noto-color-emoji Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-noto-color-emoji using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-noto-color-emojiInstall fonts-noto-color-emoji 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-noto-color-emoji using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-noto-color-emojiHow To Uninstall fonts-noto-color-emoji on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fonts-noto-color-emoji package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-noto-color-emojiUninstall fonts-noto-color-emoji And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-noto-color-emoji and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-noto-color-emojiRemove fonts-noto-color-emoji Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-noto-color-emoji configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-noto-color-emojiRemove fonts-noto-color-emoji configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-noto-color-emoji configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-noto-color-emojiDependencies
fonts-noto-color-emoji have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-noto-color-emoji package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
