How To Install libfonts-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libfonts-java

libfonts-java is:

LibFonts is a library developed to support advanced layouting and allows to read TrueType-Font files to extract layouting specific informations.

There are three methods to install libfonts-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 libfonts-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 libfonts-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfonts-java

Install libfonts-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfonts-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfonts-java

How To Uninstall libfonts-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libfonts-java

Uninstall libfonts-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfonts-java

Remove libfonts-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfonts-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfonts-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libfonts-java website

Summary

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