How To Install fonts-opensymbol on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-opensymbol

fonts-opensymbol is:

This package contains the OpenSymbol TrueType font included in LibreOffice. This font contains symbols (like fonts as Wingdings(tm)), bullets (needed for bullets in LibreOffice) and non-latin character

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-opensymbol

Install fonts-opensymbol Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-opensymbol

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-opensymbol

How To Uninstall fonts-opensymbol on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-opensymbol

Uninstall fonts-opensymbol And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-opensymbol

Remove fonts-opensymbol Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-opensymbol

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-opensymbol have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-opensymbol website

Summary

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