How To Install xfonts-encodings on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-encodings on Kali Linux.

What is xfonts-encodings

xfonts-encodings is:

This package contains the encodings that map to specific characters.

There are three methods to install xfonts-encodings 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 xfonts-encodings Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-encodings

Install xfonts-encodings Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xfonts-encodings

Install xfonts-encodings 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 xfonts-encodings using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-encodings

How To Uninstall xfonts-encodings on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xfonts-encodings package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-encodings

Uninstall xfonts-encodings And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-encodings

Remove xfonts-encodings Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-encodings

Remove xfonts-encodings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-encodings

Dependencies

xfonts-encodings have the following dependencies:

• x11-common

References

• xfonts-encodings website

Summary

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