How To Install gbdfed on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gbdfed on Kali Linux. gbdfed is X11 font editor

Introduction

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

What is gbdfed

gbdfed is:

gbdfed lets you interactively create new bitmap font files or modify existing ones. It allows editing multiple fonts and multiple glyphs, it allows cut and paste operations between fonts and glyphs and editing font properties. The editor works natively with BDF fonts.

This editor is the successor of xmbdfed and is using the GTK+ toolkit instead of the Motif toolkit for better user experience.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gbdfed

Install gbdfed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gbdfed

Install gbdfed 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 gbdfed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gbdfed

How To Uninstall gbdfed on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gbdfed

Uninstall gbdfed And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gbdfed

Remove gbdfed Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gbdfed

Remove gbdfed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gbdfed

Dependencies

gbdfed have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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