How To Install fonts-taml-tscu on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-taml-tscu on Kali Linux. fonts-taml-tscu is TSCu family of non Unicode fonts for Tamil script

Introduction

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

What is fonts-taml-tscu

fonts-taml-tscu is:

This package provides following TSCu family of non Unicode fonts

  • TSCu_Comic
  • TSCu_Paranar
  • TSCu_Times
  • TSCu_paranarb
  • TSCu_paranari Tamil is the widely used language in the Indian state of TamilNadu and Sri Lanka.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-taml-tscu

Install fonts-taml-tscu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-taml-tscu

Install fonts-taml-tscu 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-taml-tscu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-taml-tscu

How To Uninstall fonts-taml-tscu on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-taml-tscu

Uninstall fonts-taml-tscu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-taml-tscu

Remove fonts-taml-tscu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-taml-tscu

Remove fonts-taml-tscu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-taml-tscu

Dependencies

fonts-taml-tscu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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