How To Install xfonts-marumoji on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-marumoji on Kali Linux. xfonts-marumoji is Roundish fonts (marumoji fonts) for X

Introduction

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

What is xfonts-marumoji

xfonts-marumoji is:

Japanese and ASCII roundish fonts (marumoji in Japanese) for X servers. It provides: maru14: JIS X0208.1983 Roundish Characters (14 dots) maru16: JIS X0208.1983 Roundish Characters (16 dots) 7x14rkmr: JIS X0201.1976 Roman Roundish Characters (14 dots) 7x14maru: ISO8859-1 Roundish Characters (14 dots)

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-marumoji

Install xfonts-marumoji Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xfonts-marumoji

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

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-marumoji

How To Uninstall xfonts-marumoji on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-marumoji

Uninstall xfonts-marumoji And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-marumoji

Remove xfonts-marumoji Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-marumoji

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

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

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

Dependencies

xfonts-marumoji have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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