How To Install gsfonts-other on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gsfonts-other on Kali Linux.

What is gsfonts-other

gsfonts-other is:

This package contains a miscellaneous set of fonts, including Cyrillic, kana, and fonts derived from the free Hershey fonts, with improvements (such as adding accented characters) by Thomas Wolff.

There are three methods to install gsfonts-other 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 gsfonts-other Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gsfonts-other

Install gsfonts-other Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gsfonts-other

Install gsfonts-other 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 gsfonts-other using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gsfonts-other

How To Uninstall gsfonts-other on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gsfonts-other package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gsfonts-other

Uninstall gsfonts-other And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gsfonts-other

Remove gsfonts-other Configurations and Data

To remove gsfonts-other configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gsfonts-other

Remove gsfonts-other configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gsfonts-other

Dependencies

gsfonts-other have the following dependencies:

References

• gsfonts-other website

Summary

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