How To Install psautohint on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is psautohint

psautohint is:

psautohint is the font autohinter from Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType (AFDKO).

This package provides the executable program.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install psautohint

Install psautohint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install psautohint

Install psautohint 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 psautohint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install psautohint

How To Uninstall psautohint on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove psautohint

Uninstall psautohint And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove psautohint

Remove psautohint Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge psautohint

Remove psautohint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psautohint

Dependencies

psautohint have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• psautohint website

Summary

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