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

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu on Kali Linux. fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu is Miao (Pollard) fonts for Lipo / Dong Lisu [lpo]

Introduction

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

What is fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu

fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu 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 Lipo / Dong Lisu [lpo]

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

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

Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu 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-taogu

Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

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

References

Summary

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