How To Install fonttools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonttools on Kali Linux.

What is fonttools

fonttools is:

FontTools/TTX is a library to manipulate font files from Python. It supports reading and writing of TrueType/OpenType fonts, reading and writing of AFM files, reading (and partially writing) of PS Type 1 fonts. It also contains a tool called “TTX” which converts TrueType/OpenType fonts to and from an XML-based format.

This provides the executables of fontTools package.

There are three methods to install fonttools 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 fonttools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonttools

Install fonttools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonttools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonttools

Install fonttools 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 fonttools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonttools

How To Uninstall fonttools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fonttools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonttools

Uninstall fonttools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonttools

Remove fonttools Configurations and Data

To remove fonttools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonttools

Remove fonttools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonttools

Dependencies

fonttools have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• fonttools website

Summary

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