How To Install fonts-sil-akatab on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-sil-akatab

fonts-sil-akatab is:

Akatab is a TrueType font for the Tifinagh script with smart font capabilities added using state-of-the-art font technologies. This means that complex typographic issues such as the placement of combining marks or the formation of ligatures are handled by the font, provided you are running an application that provides an adequate level of support for one of these smart font technologies.

Webfont versions and HTML/CSS examples are also available.

The full font sources are publicly available at https://github.com/silnrsi/font-akatab An open workflow is used for building, testing and releasing.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-akatab

Install fonts-sil-akatab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-akatab

Install fonts-sil-akatab 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-sil-akatab using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-akatab

How To Uninstall fonts-sil-akatab on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-akatab

Uninstall fonts-sil-akatab And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sil-akatab

Remove fonts-sil-akatab Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-akatab

Remove fonts-sil-akatab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-akatab

Dependencies

fonts-sil-akatab have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-sil-akatab website

Summary

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