How To Install opentype-sanitizer on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install opentype-sanitizer on Kali Linux. opentype-sanitizer is tools to validate and sanitize OTF/TTF/WOFF/WOFF2 font files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opentype-sanitizer on Kali Linux.

What is opentype-sanitizer

opentype-sanitizer is:

The OpenType Sanitizer (OTS) parses and serializes OpenType files (OTF, TTF) and WOFF and WOFF2 font files, validating them and sanitizing them as it goes.

There are three methods to install opentype-sanitizer 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 opentype-sanitizer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opentype-sanitizer

Install opentype-sanitizer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opentype-sanitizer

Install opentype-sanitizer 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 opentype-sanitizer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opentype-sanitizer

How To Uninstall opentype-sanitizer on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the opentype-sanitizer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opentype-sanitizer

Uninstall opentype-sanitizer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opentype-sanitizer

Remove opentype-sanitizer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge opentype-sanitizer

Remove opentype-sanitizer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opentype-sanitizer

Dependencies

opentype-sanitizer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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