How To Install mknfonts.tool on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mknfonts.tool on Kali Linux.
What is mknfonts.tool
mknfonts.tool is:
This doesn’t completely automate the process of creating nfont-packages, but it can do most of the bulk work for you.
This works with .otf, .ttf, .pfa, .pfb, .afm, most formats that freetype can handle and provide postscript names for.
There are three methods to install mknfonts.tool 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 mknfonts.tool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mknfonts.tool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mknfonts.toolInstall mknfonts.tool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mknfonts.tool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mknfonts.toolInstall mknfonts.tool 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mknfonts.tool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mknfonts.toolHow To Uninstall mknfonts.tool on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mknfonts.tool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mknfonts.toolUninstall mknfonts.tool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mknfonts.tool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mknfonts.toolRemove mknfonts.tool Configurations and Data
To remove mknfonts.tool configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mknfonts.toolRemove mknfonts.tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mknfonts.tool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mknfonts.toolDependencies
mknfonts.tool have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mknfonts.tool package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.