How To Install fonts-smc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-smc
on Kali Linux.
What is fonts-smc
fonts-smc is:
This is a metapackage which provides various TrueType fonts for Malayalam script which is primarily used in the state of Kerala.
These fonts are developed by SMC community. Following fonts are shipped with this package:
- AnjaliOldLipi
- Chilanka
- Dyuti
- Gayathri
- Karumbi
- Keraleeyam
- Manjari
- Meera
- Rachana
- RaghuMalaylamSans
- Suruma
- Uroob
There are three methods to install fonts-smc
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-smc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-smc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install fonts-smc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-smc
using apt
by running the following command:
Install fonts-smc 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.
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-smc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall fonts-smc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fonts-smc
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall fonts-smc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-smc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove fonts-smc Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-smc
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove fonts-smc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-smc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
fonts-smc have the following dependencies:
- dpkg
- fonts-smc-anjalioldlipi
- fonts-smc-chilanka
- fonts-smc-dyuthi
- fonts-smc-gayathri
- fonts-smc-karumbi
- fonts-smc-keraleeyam
- fonts-smc-manjari
- fonts-smc-meera
- fonts-smc-rachana
- fonts-smc-raghumalayalamsans
- fonts-smc-suruma
- fonts-smc-uroob
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-smc
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.