How To Install fonts-sil-ezra on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-sil-ezra

fonts-sil-ezra is:

Ezra SIL is the same typeface as SIL Ezra and is fashioned after the square letter forms of the typography of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS), a beautiful Old Testament volume familiar to biblical Hebrew scholars. The Ezra SIL font is an OpenType ‘smart’ font.

Two fonts from this typeface family are included in this release:

 - Ezra SIL version 2.51 (Containing the basic set of Unicode
    characters needed for Biblical Hebrew texts following the
    typeface and traditions of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.)
 - Ezra SIL SR version 2.51 (Containing the same set of Unicode
    characters as above but with a different style of cantillation.)

See the changelog (FONTLOG) for information on this and previous releases.

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

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

Install fonts-sil-ezra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-ezra

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-ezra

How To Uninstall fonts-sil-ezra on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-ezra

Uninstall fonts-sil-ezra And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove fonts-sil-ezra Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-sil-ezra have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-sil-ezra website

Summary

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