How To Install fonts-noto-core on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-noto-core on Kali Linux. fonts-noto-core is No Tofu font families with large Unicode coverage (core)

Introduction

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

What is fonts-noto-core

fonts-noto-core is:

Noto is a collection of font families, each visually harmonized across scripts.

This package contains core weights for these Noto font families:

  • Noto Kufi Arabic
  • Noto Looped Lao Bold
  • Noto Looped Lao Regular
  • Noto Looped Thai Bold
  • Noto Looped Thai Regular
  • Noto Music
  • Noto Naskh Arabic
  • Noto Nastaliq Urdu
  • Noto Rashi Hebrew
  • Noto Sans
  • Noto Sans Adlam
  • Noto Sans Adlam Unjoined
  • Noto Sans AnatoHiero
  • Noto Sans Arabic
  • Noto Sans Armenian
  • Noto Sans Avestan
  • Noto Sans Balinese
  • Noto Sans Bamum
  • Noto Sans Bassa Vah
  • Noto Sans Batak
  • Noto Sans Bengali
  • Noto Sans Bhaiksuki
  • Noto Sans Brahmi
  • Noto Sans Buginese
  • Noto Sans Buhid
  • Noto Sans CanAborig
  • Noto Sans Carian
  • Noto Sans CaucAlban
  • Noto Sans Chakma
  • Noto Sans Cham
  • Noto Sans Cherokee
  • Noto Sans Coptic
  • Noto Sans Cuneiform
  • Noto Sans Cypriot
  • Noto Sans Deseret
  • Noto Sans Devanagari
  • Noto Sans Display
  • Noto Sans Duployan
  • Noto Sans EgyptHiero
  • Noto Sans Elbasan
  • Noto Sans Elymaic
  • Noto Sans Ethiopic
  • Noto Sans Georgian
  • Noto Sans Glagolitic
  • Noto Sans Gothic
  • Noto Sans Grantha
  • Noto Sans Gujarati
  • Noto Sans Gunjala Gondi
  • Noto Sans Gurmukhi
  • Noto Sans Hanifi Rohingya
  • Noto Sans Hanunoo
  • Noto Sans Hatran
  • Noto Sans Hebrew
  • Noto Sans ImpAramaic
  • Noto Sans Indic Siyaq Numbers
  • Noto Sans InsPahlavi
  • Noto Sans InsParthi
  • Noto Sans Javanese
  • Noto Sans Kaithi
  • Noto Sans Kannada
  • Noto Sans Kayah Li
  • Noto Sans Kharoshthi
  • Noto Sans Khmer
  • Noto Sans Khojki
  • Noto Sans Khudawadi
  • Noto Sans Lao
  • Noto Sans Lepcha
  • Noto Sans Limbu
  • Noto Sans Linear A
  • Noto Sans Linear B
  • Noto Sans Lisu
  • Noto Sans Lycian
  • Noto Sans Lydian
  • Noto Sans Mahajani
  • Noto Sans Malayalam
  • Noto Sans Mandaic
  • Noto Sans Manichaean
  • Noto Sans Marchen
  • Noto Sans Masaram Gondi
  • Noto Sans Math
  • Noto Sans Mayan Numerals
  • Noto Sans Medefaidrin
  • Noto Sans MeeteiMayek
  • Noto Sans Mende Kikakui
  • Noto Sans Meroitic
  • Noto Sans Miao
  • Noto Sans Modi
  • Noto Sans Mongolian
  • Noto Sans Mro
  • Noto Sans Multani
  • Noto Sans Myanmar
  • Noto Sans NKo
  • Noto Sans Nabataean
  • Noto Sans NewTaiLue
  • Noto Sans Newa
  • Noto Sans Nushu
  • Noto Sans Ogham
  • Noto Sans Ol Chiki
  • Noto Sans Old Italic
  • Noto Sans Old Permic
  • Noto Sans Old Turkic
  • Noto Sans OldHung
  • Noto Sans OldNorArab
  • Noto Sans OldPersian
  • Noto Sans OldSogdian
  • Noto Sans OldSouArab
  • Noto Sans Oriya
  • Noto Sans Osage
  • Noto Sans Osmanya
  • Noto Sans Pahawh Hmong
  • Noto Sans Palmyrene
  • Noto Sans PauCinHau
  • Noto Sans PhagsPa
  • Noto Sans Phoenician
  • Noto Sans PsaPahlavi
  • Noto Sans Rejang
  • Noto Sans Runic
  • Noto Sans Samaritan
  • Noto Sans Saurashtra
  • Noto Sans Sharada
  • Noto Sans Shavian
  • Noto Sans Siddham
  • Noto Sans SignWrit
  • Noto Sans Sinhala
  • Noto Sans Sogdian
  • Noto Sans Sora Sompeng
  • Noto Sans Soyombo
  • Noto Sans Sundanese
  • Noto Sans Syloti Nagri
  • Noto Sans Symbols
  • Noto Sans Symbols2
  • Noto Sans Syriac
  • Noto Sans Tagalog
  • Noto Sans Tagbanwa
  • Noto Sans Tai Le
  • Noto Sans Tai Tham
  • Noto Sans Tai Viet
  • Noto Sans Takri
  • Noto Sans Tamil
  • Noto Sans Tamil Supplement
  • Noto Sans Telugu
  • Noto Sans Thaana
  • Noto Sans Thai
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh APT
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh Adrar
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh Agraw Imazighen
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh Ahaggar
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh Air
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh Azawagh
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh Ghat
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh Hawad
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh Rhissa Ixa
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh SIL
  • Noto Sans Tifinagh Tawellemmet
  • Noto Sans Tirhuta
  • Noto Sans Ugaritic
  • Noto Sans Vai
  • Noto Sans Wancho
  • Noto Sans WarangCiti
  • Noto Sans Yi
  • Noto Sans Zanabazar
  • Noto Serif
  • Noto Serif Ahom
  • Noto Serif Armenian
  • Noto Serif Balinese
  • Noto Serif Bengali
  • Noto Serif Devanagari
  • Noto Serif Display
  • Noto Serif Dogra
  • Noto Serif Ethiopic
  • Noto Serif Georgian
  • Noto Serif Grantha
  • Noto Serif Gujarati
  • Noto Serif Gurmukhi
  • Noto Serif Hebrew
  • Noto Serif Hmong Nyiakeng
  • Noto Serif Kannada
  • Noto Serif Khmer
  • Noto Serif Khojki
  • Noto Serif Lao
  • Noto Serif Malayalam
  • Noto Serif Myanmar
  • Noto Serif Sinhala
  • Noto Serif Tamil
  • Noto Serif Tangut
  • Noto Serif Telugu
  • Noto Serif Thai
  • Noto Serif Tibetan
  • Noto Serif Yezidi
  • Noto Traditional Nushu
  • NotoSerifTamilSlanted

The name “Noto” is short for “No Tofu”, describing the aim of covering all living Unicode scripts (currently 65 are covered, at least partly.

Tofu (???) is Japanese jargon for unicode replacement character “??” (U+FFFD) often displayed as replacement for unassigned or unknown characters.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-noto-core

Install fonts-noto-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-noto-core

Install fonts-noto-core 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-noto-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-noto-core

How To Uninstall fonts-noto-core on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-noto-core

Uninstall fonts-noto-core And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-noto-core

Remove fonts-noto-core Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-noto-core

Remove fonts-noto-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-noto-core

Dependencies

fonts-noto-core have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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