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

Introduction

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

What is fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs

fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs 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 Sinicized Miao / Waishu Miao / Hmong Shua [hmz]

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

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

Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs 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-mgs

Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

• fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs website

Summary

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