How To Install fonts-sil-andika-compact on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-andika-compact on Kali Linux.
What is fonts-sil-andika-compact
fonts-sil-andika-compact is:
Andika (“Write!” in Swahili) is a sans serif, Unicode-compliant font designed especially for literacy use, taking into account the needs of beginning readers. The focus is on clear, easy-to-perceive letterforms that will not be easily confused with one another.
A sans serif font is preferred by some literacy personnel for teaching people to read. Its forms are simpler and less cluttered than some serif fonts can be. For years, literacy workers have had to make do with fonts that were available but not really suitable for beginning readers and writers. In some cases, literacy specialists have had to tediously cobble together letters from a variety of fonts in order to get the all of characters they need for their particular language project, resulting in confusing and unattractive publications. Andika addresses those issues.
After receiving many insightful comments on the Design Review and Basic fonts, Andika’s final letterforms have been refined with alternate shapes still available for some characters. This font now contains the same character set as Charis SIL and Doulos SIL.
Andika provides OpenType and Graphite features like smart code for diacritic placement and supports recent additions to Unicode and the SIL PUA, and character assignments are updated to conform to Unicode 5.1
See the FONTLOG for information on this and previous releases.
This is the compact version to allow more flexibility with diacritics.
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-andika-compact 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-andika-compact Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-andika-compact using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-andika-compactInstall fonts-sil-andika-compact Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-andika-compact using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-andika-compactInstall fonts-sil-andika-compact 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-andika-compact using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-andika-compactHow To Uninstall fonts-sil-andika-compact on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-andika-compact package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-andika-compactUninstall fonts-sil-andika-compact And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-andika-compact and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sil-andika-compactRemove fonts-sil-andika-compact Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-andika-compact configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-andika-compactRemove fonts-sil-andika-compact configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-andika-compact configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-andika-compactDependencies
fonts-sil-andika-compact have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-andika-compact package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
