How To Install fonts-sil-tagmukay on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-sil-tagmukay

fonts-sil-tagmukay is:

Tagmukay is a Shifinagh (also know as Tifinagh) script font with support for the Tawallammat Tamajaq language. It is a Unicode font that features bi-consonant ligatures and alternate forms necessary to support this language. It has Graphite and OpenType tables that have the logic to support these features.

Webfont versions and HTML/CSS examples are also available. The font sources are publicly available at https://github.com/silnrsi/font-tagmukay

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

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

Install fonts-sil-tagmukay Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-tagmukay

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-tagmukay

How To Uninstall fonts-sil-tagmukay on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-tagmukay

Uninstall fonts-sil-tagmukay And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove fonts-sil-tagmukay Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-sil-tagmukay have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-sil-tagmukay website

Summary

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