How To Install xfonts-intl-japanese on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xfonts-intl-japanese

xfonts-intl-japanese is:

This package includes some JISX0201 (Roman and Kana), JISX0208.1978, JISX0208.1983, JISX0208.1990, and JISX0212.1990 (HojoKanji) Japanese fonts. You will need these fonts if you plan to view, print, or author documents written in Japanese using the above encodings.

The fonts are for use with the X Window System.

There are three methods to install xfonts-intl-japanese 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-intl-japanese 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-intl-japanese using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-intl-japanese

Install xfonts-intl-japanese Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xfonts-intl-japanese

Install xfonts-intl-japanese 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-intl-japanese using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-intl-japanese

How To Uninstall xfonts-intl-japanese on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-intl-japanese

Uninstall xfonts-intl-japanese And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-intl-japanese

Remove xfonts-intl-japanese Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-intl-japanese

Remove xfonts-intl-japanese configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-intl-japanese

Dependencies

xfonts-intl-japanese have the following dependencies:

• xfonts-utils

References

• xfonts-intl-japanese website

Summary

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