How To Install libfont-afm-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfont-afm-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libfont-afm-perl

libfont-afm-perl is:

This module implements the Font::AFM class. Objects of this class are initialised from an AFM-file and allow you to obtain information about the font and the metrics of the various glyphs in the font.

All measurements in AFM files are given in terms of units equal to 1/1000 of the scale factor of the font being used. To compute actual sizes in a document, these amounts should be multiplied by (scale factor of font)/1000.

There are three methods to install libfont-afm-perl 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 libfont-afm-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfont-afm-perl

Install libfont-afm-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfont-afm-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfont-afm-perl

Install libfont-afm-perl 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 libfont-afm-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfont-afm-perl

How To Uninstall libfont-afm-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfont-afm-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfont-afm-perl

Uninstall libfont-afm-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfont-afm-perl

Remove libfont-afm-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libfont-afm-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfont-afm-perl

Remove libfont-afm-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfont-afm-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfont-afm-perl

Dependencies

libfont-afm-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libfont-afm-perl website

Summary

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