How To Install hershey-fonts-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hershey-fonts-data on Kali Linux.

What is hershey-fonts-data

hershey-fonts-data is:

The Hershey fonts are a collection of vector fonts developed circa 1967 by Dr. A. V. Hershey.

This package includes Latin, Greek, Cyrilic, Japanese, and various symbol glyph sets encoded as .jhf format Hershey font files.

There are three methods to install hershey-fonts-data 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 hershey-fonts-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hershey-fonts-data

Install hershey-fonts-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hershey-fonts-data

Install hershey-fonts-data 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 hershey-fonts-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hershey-fonts-data

How To Uninstall hershey-fonts-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hershey-fonts-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hershey-fonts-data

Uninstall hershey-fonts-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hershey-fonts-data

Remove hershey-fonts-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hershey-fonts-data

Remove hershey-fonts-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hershey-fonts-data

Dependencies

hershey-fonts-data have the following dependencies:

References

• hershey-fonts-data website

Summary

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