How To Install fonts-noto on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-noto

fonts-noto is:

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

Use this package if you want all Noto fonts.

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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-noto

Install fonts-noto Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-noto

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-noto

How To Uninstall fonts-noto on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-noto

Uninstall fonts-noto And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-noto

Remove fonts-noto Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-noto

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-noto have the following dependencies:

• fonts-noto-core

References

• fonts-noto website

Summary

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