How To Install gnome-font-viewer on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-font-viewer on Kali Linux. gnome-font-viewer is font viewer for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-font-viewer on Kali Linux.

What is gnome-font-viewer

gnome-font-viewer is:

This program can preview fonts and create thumbnails for fonts.

There are three methods to install gnome-font-viewer 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 gnome-font-viewer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-font-viewer

Install gnome-font-viewer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-font-viewer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-font-viewer

Install gnome-font-viewer 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 gnome-font-viewer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-font-viewer

How To Uninstall gnome-font-viewer on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnome-font-viewer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-font-viewer

Uninstall gnome-font-viewer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-font-viewer

Remove gnome-font-viewer Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-font-viewer configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-font-viewer

Remove gnome-font-viewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-font-viewer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-font-viewer

Dependencies

gnome-font-viewer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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