How To Install fonts-senamirmir-washra on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-senamirmir-washra on Kali Linux. fonts-senamirmir-washra is collection of unicode fonts for the Ethiopic script

Introduction

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

What is fonts-senamirmir-washra

fonts-senamirmir-washra is:

WashRa is, simply, a set of eleven Ethiopic fonts. All of them support the Ethiopic standard included in Unicode 3.0. The fonts are: Ethiopia Jiret, Ethiopic Zelan, Ethiopic WashRa Bold, Ethiopic WashRa SemiBold, Ethiopic Yigezu Bisrat Gothic, Ethiopic Hiwua, Ethiopic Fantuwua, Ethiopic Yebse, Ethiopic Wookianos, Ethiopic Tint, Ethiopic Yigezu Bisrat Goffer.

These fonts were developed by Abass Alamnehe of the Senamirmir Project (http://www.senamirmir.com).

The WashRa fonts are released under the SIL Open Font License and for more information please visit http://scripts.sil.org/OFL.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-senamirmir-washra

Install fonts-senamirmir-washra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-senamirmir-washra

Install fonts-senamirmir-washra 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-senamirmir-washra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-senamirmir-washra

How To Uninstall fonts-senamirmir-washra on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-senamirmir-washra

Uninstall fonts-senamirmir-washra And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-senamirmir-washra

Remove fonts-senamirmir-washra Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-senamirmir-washra

Remove fonts-senamirmir-washra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-senamirmir-washra

Dependencies

fonts-senamirmir-washra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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