How To Install libfontawesomefx-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontawesomefx-java on Kali Linux. libfontawesomefx-java is Font Awesome perfectly integrated into JavaFX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontawesomefx-java on Kali Linux.

What is libfontawesomefx-java

libfontawesomefx-java is:

This package allows Java developers to easily integrate different icon fonts like Font Awesome, WeatherIcons, MaterialStackIcons, Material Design Font, Octicons and 525Icons into their JavaFX applications. This is possible because all icons are scalable vector graphics and each icon can be styled with CSS.

There are three methods to install libfontawesomefx-java 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 libfontawesomefx-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfontawesomefx-java

Install libfontawesomefx-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfontawesomefx-java

Install libfontawesomefx-java 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 libfontawesomefx-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfontawesomefx-java

How To Uninstall libfontawesomefx-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfontawesomefx-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfontawesomefx-java

Uninstall libfontawesomefx-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfontawesomefx-java

Remove libfontawesomefx-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfontawesomefx-java

Remove libfontawesomefx-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfontawesomefx-java

Dependencies

libfontawesomefx-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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