How To Install fonts-sarai on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-sarai

fonts-sarai is:

This package provides truetype font for Devanagari script which is used as script in multiple Indian languages like Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi etc.

This font is now maintained by IndLinux project.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sarai

Install fonts-sarai Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-sarai

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sarai

How To Uninstall fonts-sarai on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-sarai

Uninstall fonts-sarai And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sarai

Remove fonts-sarai Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sarai

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-sarai have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-sarai website

Summary

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