How To Install xfonts-mona on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xfonts-mona

xfonts-mona is:

These fonts are suitable for some ASCII arts like mona, gikoneko and so on. This package provides BDF (Bitmap Description / Display Format) font.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-mona

Install xfonts-mona Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xfonts-mona

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

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-mona

How To Uninstall xfonts-mona on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-mona

Uninstall xfonts-mona And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-mona

Remove xfonts-mona Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-mona

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

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

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

Dependencies

xfonts-mona have the following dependencies:

• xfonts-utils

References

• xfonts-mona website

Summary

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