How To Install fonts-takao-gothic on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-takao-gothic on Kali Linux.
What is fonts-takao-gothic
fonts-takao-gothic is:
Takao Fonts are Japanese gothic and mincho scalable fonts. They are suitable for both display and printing. This package provides them in TrueType format.
Takao Fonts are based on IPA Fonts and IPAex Fonts. Takao’s purpose is to make it possible to maintain and release the fonts by the community with changing their names.
This package includes Takao Gothic, Takao P Gothic and Takao Ex Gothic.
There are three methods to install fonts-takao-gothic 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-takao-gothic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-takao-gothic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-takao-gothicInstall fonts-takao-gothic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-takao-gothic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-takao-gothicInstall fonts-takao-gothic 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fonts-takao-gothic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-takao-gothicHow To Uninstall fonts-takao-gothic on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fonts-takao-gothic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-takao-gothicUninstall fonts-takao-gothic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-takao-gothic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-takao-gothicRemove fonts-takao-gothic Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-takao-gothic configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-takao-gothicRemove fonts-takao-gothic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-takao-gothic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-takao-gothicDependencies
fonts-takao-gothic have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-takao-gothic package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
