How To Install libfontenc1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontenc1 on Kali Linux.

What is libfontenc1

libfontenc1 is:

libfontenc is a library which helps font libraries portably determine and deal with different encodings of fonts.

More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org

This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libfontenc

There are three methods to install libfontenc1 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 libfontenc1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfontenc1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfontenc1

Install libfontenc1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfontenc1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfontenc1

Install libfontenc1 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 libfontenc1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfontenc1

How To Uninstall libfontenc1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfontenc1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfontenc1

Uninstall libfontenc1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfontenc1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfontenc1

Remove libfontenc1 Configurations and Data

To remove libfontenc1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfontenc1

Remove libfontenc1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfontenc1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfontenc1

Dependencies

libfontenc1 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• zlib1g

References

• libfontenc1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontenc1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.