How To Install xfonts-terminus on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xfonts-terminus

xfonts-terminus is:

These are fixed-width fonts suitable for terminals, editors, etc. If you have to work for extended time in front of monitor (i.e. over eight hours), you may find that using of these fonts reduces your eyes-fatigue.

Note: You might want to use the package fonts-terminus-otb instead of this package because the fonts in this package are used by the X server directly. Several modern applications will ignore such fonts.

This package contains normal and bold fonts in the following sizes: 6x12, 8x14, 8x16, 10x20, 11x22, 12x24, 14x28 and 16x32 and supports the following encodings: ISO10646-1, ISO8859-1, ISO8859-2, ISO8859-5, ISO8859-9, ISO8859-13, ISO8859-15, ISO8859-16, KOI8-R, KOI8-U, CP1251 and PT154.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-terminus

Install xfonts-terminus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xfonts-terminus

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

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-terminus

How To Uninstall xfonts-terminus on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-terminus

Uninstall xfonts-terminus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-terminus

Remove xfonts-terminus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-terminus

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

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

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

Dependencies

xfonts-terminus have the following dependencies:

• xfonts-utils

References

• xfonts-terminus website

Summary

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