How To Install fonts-spleen on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-spleen

fonts-spleen is:

This is a vectorized monospaced bitmap font for consoles and terminals.

All font sizes contain all ISO/IEC 8859-1 characters (Basic Latin and Latin-1 Supplement Unicode block), Latin Extended-A characters, as well as Box Drawing, Block Elements, and Braille Patterns Unicode blocks, except for the 5x8 and the 6x12 versions.

Due to character size constraints, the 5x8 version only contains printable ASCII characters, the Braille Patterns Unicode block, and light Box Drawing characters.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-spleen

Install fonts-spleen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-spleen

Install fonts-spleen 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-spleen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-spleen

How To Uninstall fonts-spleen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-spleen

Uninstall fonts-spleen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-spleen

Remove fonts-spleen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-spleen

Remove fonts-spleen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-spleen

Dependencies

fonts-spleen have the following dependencies:

• xfonts-utils

References

• fonts-spleen website

Summary

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