How To Install texlive-fonts-extra on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fonts-extra
on Kali Linux.
What is texlive-fonts-extra
texlive-fonts-extra is:
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
Asana-Math – A font to typeset maths in Xe(La)TeX and Lua(La)TeX
academicons – Font containing high quality icons of online academic profiles
accanthis – Accanthis fonts, with LaTeX support
adforn – OrnementsADF font with TeX/LaTeX support
adfsymbols – SymbolsADF with TeX/LaTeX support
alegreya – Alegreya fonts with LaTeX support
alfaslabone – The Alfa Slab One font face with support for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX
algolrevived – A revival of Frutiger’s Algol alphabet
allrunes – Fonts and LaTeX package for almost all runes
almendra – Almendra fonts with LaTeX support
almfixed – Arabic-Latin Modern Fixed extends TeX-Gyre Latin Modern Mono 10 Regular to full Arabic Unicode support
anonymouspro – Use AnonymousPro fonts with LaTeX
antiqua – URW Antiqua condensed font, for use with TeX
antt – Antykwa Torunska: a Type 1 family of a Polish traditional type
archaic – A collection of archaic fonts
archivo – The Archivo font face with support for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX
arev – Fonts and LaTeX support files for Arev Sans
arimo – Arimo sans serif fonts with LaTeX support
arvo – The Arvo font face with support for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX
asapsym – Using the free ASAP Symbol font with LaTeX and Plain TeX
ascii-font – Use the ASCII “font” in LaTeX
aspectratio – Capital A and capital R ligature for Aspect Ratio
astro – Astronomical (planetary) symbols
augie – Calligraphic font for typesetting handwriting
auncial-new – Artificial Uncial font and LaTeX support macros
aurical – Calligraphic fonts for use with LaTeX in T1 encoding
b1encoding – LaTeX encoding tools for Bookhands fonts
barcodes – Fonts for making barcodes
baskervald – Baskervald ADF fonts collection with TeX/LaTeX support
baskervaldx – Extension and modification of BaskervaldADF with LaTeX support
baskervillef – Fry’s Baskerville look-alike, with math support
bbding – A symbol (dingbat) font and LaTeX macros for its use
bbm – “Blackboard-style” cm fonts
bbm-macros – LaTeX support for “blackboard-style” cm fonts
bbold – Sans serif blackboard bold
bbold-type1 – An Adobe Type 1 format version of the bbold font
belleek – Free replacement for basic MathTime fonts
bera – Bera fonts
berenisadf – Berenis ADF fonts and TeX/LaTeX support
beuron – The script of the Beuronese art school
bguq – Improved quantifier stroke for Begriffsschrift packages
bitter – The Bitter family of fonts with LaTeX support
blacklettert1 – T1-encoded versions of Haralambous old German fonts
boisik – A font inspired by Baskerville design
bookhands – A collection of book-hand fonts
boondox – Mathematical alphabets derived from the STIX fonts
braille – Support for braille
brushscr – A handwriting script font
cabin – A humanist Sans Serif font, with LaTeX support
caladea – Support for the Caladea family of fonts
calligra – Calligraphic font
calligra-type1 – Type 1 version of Calligra
cantarell – LaTeX support for the Cantarell font family
carlito – Support for Carlito sans-serif fonts
carolmin-ps – Adobe Type 1 format of Carolingian Minuscule fonts
cascadia-code – The Cascadia Code font with support for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX
ccicons – LaTeX support for Creative Commons icons
cfr-initials – LaTeX packages for use of initials
cfr-lm – Enhanced support for the Latin Modern fonts
charissil – CharisSIL fonts with support for XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX
cherokee – A font for the Cherokee script
chivo – Using the free Chivo fonts with LaTeX
cinzel – LaTeX support for Cinzel and Cinzel Decorative fonts
clara – A serif font family
clearsans – Clear Sans fonts with LaTeX support
cm-lgc – Type 1 CM-based fonts for Latin, Greek and Cyrillic
cm-mf-extra-bold – Extra Metafont files for CM
cm-unicode – Computer Modern Unicode font family
cmathbb – Computer modern mathematical blackboard bold font
cmbright – Computer Modern Bright fonts
cmexb – cmexb10 metrics and Type 1
cmll – Symbols for linear logic
cmpica – A Computer Modern Pica variant
cmsrb – Computer Modern for Serbian and Macedonian
cmtiup – Upright punctuation with CM italic
cmupint – Upright integral symbols for Computer Modern
cochineal – Cochineal fonts with LaTeX support
coelacanth – Coelacanth fonts with LaTeX support
comfortaa – Sans serif font, with LaTeX support
comicneue – Use Comic Neue with TeX(-alike) systems
concmath-fonts – Concrete mathematics fonts
cookingsymbols – Symbols for recipes
cormorantgaramond – Cormorant Garamond family of fonts
countriesofeurope – A font with the images of the countries of Europe
courier-scaled – Provides a scaled Courier font
courierten – Courier 10 Pitch BT with LaTeX support
crimson – Crimson fonts with LaTeX support
crimsonpro – CrimsonPro fonts with LaTeX support
cryst – Font for graphical symbols used in crystallography
cuprum – Cuprum font family support for LaTeX
cyklop – The Cyclop typeface
dancers – Font for Conan Doyle’s “The Dancing Men”
dantelogo – A font for DANTE’s logo
dejavu – LaTeX support for the DejaVu fonts
dejavu-otf – Support for the ttf and otf DejaVu fonts
dice – A font for die faces
dictsym – DictSym font and macro package
dingbat – Two dingbat symbol fonts
domitian – Drop-in replacement for Palatino
doublestroke – Typeset mathematical double stroke symbols
doulossil – A font for typesetting the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
dozenal – Typeset documents using base twelve numbering (also called “dozenal”)
drm – A complete family of fonts written in Metafont
droid – LaTeX support for the Droid font families
dsserif – A double-struck serifed font for mathematical use
duerer – Computer Duerer fonts
duerer-latex – LaTeX support for the Duerer fonts
dutchcal – A reworking of ESSTIX13, adding a bold version
ean – Macros for making EAN barcodes
ebgaramond – LaTeX support for EBGaramond fonts
ebgaramond-maths – LaTeX support for EBGaramond fonts in mathematics
ecc – Sources for the European Concrete fonts
eco – Oldstyle numerals using EC fonts
eiad – Traditional style Irish fonts
eiad-ltx – LaTeX support for the eiad font
ektype-tanka – Devanagari fonts by EkType
electrum – Electrum ADF fonts collection
elvish – Fonts for typesetting Tolkien Elvish scripts
epigrafica – A Greek and Latin font
epsdice – A scalable dice “font”
erewhon – Font package derived from Heuristica and Utopia
erewhon-math – Utopia based OpenType Math font
esrelation – Provides a symbol set for describing relations between ordered pairs
esstix – PostScript versions of the ESSTIX, with macro support
esvect – Vector arrows
etbb – An expansion of Edward Tufte’s ET-Bembo family
eulervm – Euler virtual math fonts
euxm – extended Euler by DEK
fbb – A free Bembo-like font
fdsymbol – A maths symbol font
fetamont – Extended version of Knuth’s logo typeface
feyn – A font for in-text Feynman diagrams
fge – A font for Frege’s Grundgesetze der Arithmetik
fira – Fira fonts with LaTeX support
firamath – Fira sans serif font with Unicode math support
firamath-otf – Use OpenType math font Fira Math
foekfont – The title font of the Mads Fok magazine
fonetika – Support for the Danish “Dania” phonetic system
fontawesome – Font containing web-related icons
fontawesome5 – Font Awesome 5 with LaTeX support
fontmfizz – Font Mfizz icons for use in LaTeX
fonts-churchslavonic – Fonts for typesetting in Church Slavonic language
forum – Forum fonts with LaTeX support
fourier – Using Utopia fonts in LaTeX documents
fouriernc – Use New Century Schoolbook text with Fourier maths fonts
frcursive – French cursive hand fonts
frederika2016 – An OpenType Greek calligraphy font
frimurer – Access to the ‘frimurer’ cipher for use with LaTeX
garamond-libre – The Garamond Libre font face
garamond-math – An OTF math font matching EB Garamond
genealogy – A compilation genealogy font
gentium-tug – Gentium fonts (in two formats) and support files
gfsartemisia – A modern Greek font design
gfsbodoni – A Greek and Latin font based on Bodoni
gfscomplutum – A Greek font with a long history
gfsdidot – A Greek font based on Didot’s work
gfsdidotclassic – The classic version of GFSDidot
gfsneohellenic – A font in the Neo-Hellenic style
gfsneohellenicmath – A Greek math font in the Neo-Hellenic style
gfssolomos – A Greek-alphabet font
gillcm – Alternative unslanted italic Computer Modern fonts
gillius – Gillius fonts with LaTeX support
gnu-freefont – A Unicode font, with rather wide coverage
gofonts – GoSans and GoMono fonts with LaTeX support
gothic – A collection of old German-style fonts
greenpoint – The Green Point logo
grotesq – URW Grotesq font pack for LaTeX
gudea – The Gudea font face with support for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX
hacm – Font support for the Arka language
hands – Pointing hand font
heuristica – Fonts extending Utopia, with LaTeX support files
hfbright – The hfbright fonts
hfoldsty – Old style numerals with EC fonts
hindmadurai – The HindMadurai font face with support for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX
ibarra – LaTeX support for the Ibarra Real Nova family of fonts
ifsym – A collection of symbols
imfellenglish – IM Fell English fonts with LaTeX support
inconsolata – A monospaced font, with support files for use with TeX
initials – Adobe Type 1 decorative initial fonts
inriafonts – Inria fonts with LaTeX support
inter – The inter font face with support for LaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX
ipaex-type1 – IPAex fonts converted to Type-1 format Unicode subfonts
iwona – A two-element sans-serif font
jablantile – Metafont version of tiles in the style of Slavik Jablan
jamtimes – Expanded Times Roman fonts
josefin – Josefin fonts with LaTeX support
junicode – A TrueType font for mediaevalists
kixfont – A font for KIX codes
kpfonts – A complete set of fonts for text and mathematics
kpfonts-otf – OTF version of the Kp-fonts
kurier – A two-element sans-serif typeface
lato – Lato font family and LaTeX support
lexend – The Lexend fonts for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX through fontspec
lfb – A Greek font with normal and bold variants
libertine – Use of Linux Libertine and Biolinum fonts with LaTeX
libertinegc – Libertine add-on to support Greek and Cyrillic
libertinus – Wrapper to use the correct libertinus package according to the used TeX engine
libertinus-fonts – The Libertinus font family
libertinus-otf – Support for Libertinus OpenType
libertinus-type1 – Support for using Libertinus fonts with LaTeX/pdfLaTeX
libertinust1math – A Type 1 font and LaTeX support for Libertinus Math
librebaskerville – The Libre Baskerville family of fonts with LaTeX support
librebodoni – Libre Bodoni fonts with LaTeX support
librecaslon – Libre Caslon fonts, with LaTeX support
librefranklin – LaTeX support for the Libre-Franklin family of fonts
libris – Libris ADF fonts, with LaTeX support
linearA – Linear A script fonts
linguisticspro – LinguisticsPro fonts with LaTeX support
lobster2 – Lobster Two fonts, with support for all LaTeX engines
logix – Supplement to the Unicode math symbols
lxfonts – Set of slide fonts based on CM
ly1 – Support for LY1 LaTeX encoding
magra – The Magra font face with support for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX
marcellus – Marcellus fonts with LaTeX support
mathabx – Three series of mathematical symbols
mathabx-type1 – Outline version of the mathabx fonts
mathdesign – Mathematical fonts to fit with particular text fonts
mdputu – Upright digits in Adobe Utopia Italic
mdsymbol – Symbol fonts to match Adobe Myriad Pro
merriweather – Merriweather and MerriweatherSans fonts, with LaTeX support
miama – The Miama Nueva handwriting font with LaTeX support
mintspirit – LaTeX support for MintSpirit font families
missaali – A late medieval OpenType textura font
mlmodern – A blacker Type 1 version of Computer Modern, with multilingual support
mnsymbol – Mathematical symbol font for Adobe MinionPro
montserrat – Montserrat sans serif, otf and pfb, with LaTeX support files
mpfonts – Computer Modern Type 3 fonts converted using MetaPost
mweights – Support for multiple-weight font packages
newcomputermodern – Computer Modern fonts including matching non-latin alphabets
newpx – Alternative uses of the PX fonts, with improved metrics
newtx – Alternative uses of the TX fonts, with improved metrics
newtxsf – Sans-math fonts for use with newtx
newtxtt – Enhancement of typewriter fonts from newtx
niceframe-type1 – Type 1 versions of the fonts recommended in niceframe
nimbus15 – Support files for Nimbus 2015 Core fonts
nkarta – A “new” version of the karta cartographic fonts
noto – Support for Noto fonts
noto-emoji – Noto Emoji fonts
notomath – Math support for Noto fonts
nunito – The Nunito font face with support for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX
obnov – Obyknovennaya Novaya fonts
ocherokee – LaTeX Support for the Cherokee language
ocr-b – Fonts for OCR-B
ocr-b-outline – OCR-B fonts in Type 1 and OpenType
ogham – Fonts for typesetting Ogham script
oinuit – LaTeX Support for the Inuktitut Language
old-arrows – Computer Modern old-style arrows with smaller arrowheads
oldlatin – Compute Modern-like font with long s
oldstandard – OldStandard fonts with LaTeX support
opensans – The Open Sans font family, and LaTeX support
orkhun – A font for orkhun script
oswald – The Oswald family of fonts with support for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX
overlock – Overlock sans fonts with LaTeX support
pacioli – Fonts designed by Fra Luca de Pacioli in 1497
paratype – LaTeX support for free fonts by ParaType
phaistos – Disk of Phaistos font
phonetic – Metafont Phonetic fonts, based on Computer Modern
pigpen – A font for the pigpen (or masonic) cipher
play-font – The Play font face with support for LaTeX and pdfLaTeX
playfair – Playfair Display fonts with LaTeX support
plex – Support for IBM Plex fonts
plex-otf – Support for the OpenType font IBM Plex
plimsoll – Fonts with the Plimsoll symbol and LaTeX support
poiretone – PoiretOne family of fonts with LaTeX support
poltawski – Antykwa Poltawskiego Family of Fonts
prodint – A font that provides the product integral symbol
punk – Donald Knuth’s punk font
punk-latex – LaTeX support for punk fonts
punknova – OpenType version of Knuth’s Punk font
pxtxalfa – Virtual maths alphabets based on pxfonts and txfonts
qualitype – The QualiType font collection
quattrocento – Quattrocento and Quattrocento Sans fonts with LaTeX support
raleway – Use Raleway with TeX(-alike) systems
recycle – A font providing the “recyclable” logo
roboto – Support for the Roboto family of fonts
romande – Romande ADF fonts and LaTeX support
rosario – Using the free Rosario fonts with LaTeX
rsfso – A mathematical calligraphic font based on rsfs
sansmathaccent – Correct placement of accents in sans-serif maths
sansmathfonts – Correct placement of accents in sans-serif maths
sauter – Wide range of design sizes for CM fonts
sauterfonts – Use Sauter’s fonts in LaTeX
scholax – Extension of TeXGyreSchola (New Century Schoolbook) with math support
schulschriften – German “school scripts” from Suetterlin to the present day
semaphor – Semaphore alphabet font
shobhika – An OpenType Devanagari font designed for scholars
skull – A font to draw a skull
sourcecodepro – Use SourceCodePro with TeX(-alike) systems
sourcesanspro – Use SourceSansPro with TeX(-alike) systems
sourceserifpro – Use SourceSerifPro with TeX(-alike) systems
spectral – Spectral fonts with LaTeX support
starfont – The StarFont Sans astrological font
staves – Typeset Icelandic staves and runic letters
step – A free Times-like font
stepgreek – A free Times/Elsevier-style Greek font
stickstoo – A reworking of STIX2
stix – OpenType Unicode maths fonts
stix2-otf – OpenType Unicode text and maths fonts
stix2-type1 – Type1 versions of the STIX Two OpenType fonts
superiors – Attach superior figures to a font family
svrsymbols – A font with symbols for use in physics texts
tapir – A simple geometrical font
tempora – Greek and Cyrillic to accompany Times
tengwarscript – LaTeX support for using Tengwar fonts
tfrupee – A font offering the new (Indian) Rupee symbol
theanodidot – TheanoDidot fonts with LaTeX support
theanomodern – Theano Modern fonts with LaTeX support
theanooldstyle – Theano OldStyle fonts with LaTeX support
tinos – Tinos fonts with LaTeX support
tpslifonts – A LaTeX package for configuring presentation fonts
trajan – Fonts from the Trajan column in Rome
twemoji-colr – Twemoji font in COLR/CPAL layered format
txfontsb – Extensions to txfonts, using GNU Freefont
txuprcal – Upright calligraphic font based on TX calligraphic
typicons – Font containing a set of web-related icons
umtypewriter – Fonts to typeset with the xgreek package
universa – Herbert Bayer’s ‘universal’ font
universalis – Universalis font, with support
uppunctlm – Always keep upright shape for some punctuation marks and Arabic numerals
urwchancal – Use URW’s clone of Zapf Chancery as a maths alphabet
venturisadf – Venturis ADF fonts collection
wsuipa – International Phonetic Alphabet fonts
xcharter – Extension of Bitstream Charter fonts
xits – A Scientific Times-like font with support for mathematical typesetting
yfonts – Support for old German fonts
yfonts-t1 – Old German-style fonts, in Adobe type 1 format
yinit-otf – OTF conversion of Yannis Haralambous’ Old German decorative initials
zlmtt – Use Latin Modern Typewriter fonts
There are three methods to install texlive-fonts-extra
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 texlive-fonts-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-fonts-extra
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install texlive-fonts-extra
Install texlive-fonts-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install texlive-fonts-extra
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install texlive-fonts-extra
Install texlive-fonts-extra 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 texlive-fonts-extra
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install texlive-fonts-extra
How To Uninstall texlive-fonts-extra on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the texlive-fonts-extra
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove texlive-fonts-extra
Uninstall texlive-fonts-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall texlive-fonts-extra
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove texlive-fonts-extra
Remove texlive-fonts-extra Configurations and Data
To remove texlive-fonts-extra
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge texlive-fonts-extra
Remove texlive-fonts-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove texlive-fonts-extra
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge texlive-fonts-extra
Dependencies
texlive-fonts-extra have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install texlive-fonts-extra
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.