How To Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm

fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm is:

The Shimenkan family of fonts supports the broad variety of writing systems that use the Miao (Pollard) script.

The Latin glyphs are based on the OFL-licensed Source Sans Pro fonts (https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans-pro). The Miao glyphs are designed to harmonize with the Latin, but remain true to the unique characteristics of Miao writing systems. The project is inspired by, but not based on, the Miao Unicode project (https://github.com/phjamr/MiaoUnicode).

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

This package provides fonts customized for Gepo / Bai Yi [ygp]

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm

Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm

How To Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm

Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm

Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm

Dependencies

fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-sil-shimenkan-gsm website

Summary

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