How To Install fonts-recommended on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-recommended on Kali Linux. fonts-recommended is set of recommended fonts

Introduction

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

fonts-recommended is:

This metapackage is a list of fonts that, in the opinion of some members of the Debian Fonts team, is reasonable to have on most GUI systems. The selection is pretty arbitrary, and includes:

  • compatibility with other operating systems
  • basic coverage of all writing systems
  • all symbols and emojis
  • fonts just nice to have

There are three methods to install fonts-recommended 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.

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-recommended

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-recommended

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-recommended using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-recommended

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-recommended

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-recommended

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-recommended

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-recommended have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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