How To Install fonts-tlwg-garuda on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fonts-tlwg-garuda

fonts-tlwg-garuda is:

This package provides Thai Garuda font, code-named “NF2”, from the National Font Project.

The font provides Arial-compatible Thai monoweight glyphs traditionally used in school books and official documents.

This is a dependency package for installing alternative font formats.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-tlwg-garuda

Install fonts-tlwg-garuda Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-tlwg-garuda

Install fonts-tlwg-garuda 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-tlwg-garuda using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-tlwg-garuda

How To Uninstall fonts-tlwg-garuda on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-tlwg-garuda

Uninstall fonts-tlwg-garuda And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-tlwg-garuda

Remove fonts-tlwg-garuda Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-tlwg-garuda

Remove fonts-tlwg-garuda configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-tlwg-garuda

Dependencies

fonts-tlwg-garuda have the following dependencies:

• fonts-tlwg-garuda-ttf

References

• fonts-tlwg-garuda website

Summary

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