How To Install xfonts-shinonome on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xfonts-shinonome

xfonts-shinonome is:

xfonts-shinonome includes various 12,14,16 dot Japanese Kanji, and ISO-8859-1 fonts for X11. It consists of k14goth 14 dot fonts, Shinonome 12 and 16 dot fonts. Shinonome 18 dot fonts are also included only for ISO-8859-1.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-shinonome

Install xfonts-shinonome Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xfonts-shinonome

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

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-shinonome

How To Uninstall xfonts-shinonome on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-shinonome

Uninstall xfonts-shinonome And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-shinonome

Remove xfonts-shinonome Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-shinonome

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

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

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

Dependencies

xfonts-shinonome have the following dependencies:

• xfonts-utils

References

• xfonts-shinonome website

Summary

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