How To Install xfonts-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-utils on Kali Linux. xfonts-utils is X Window System font utility programs

Introduction

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

What is xfonts-utils

xfonts-utils is:

xfonts-utils provides a set of utility programs shipped with the X Window System that are needed for font management.

The programs in this package include:

  • bdftopcf, which converts BDF fonts to PCF fonts;
  • bdftruncate and ucs2any, tools to generate fonts with various encodings from ISO 10646-encoded fonts
  • mkfontdir, a program to generate fonts.dir files;
  • mkfontscale, a program to generate fonts.scale files;
  • fonttosfnt, a program to wrap bitmap fonts in a sfnt (TrueType) wrapper.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-utils

Install xfonts-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xfonts-utils

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

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-utils

How To Uninstall xfonts-utils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-utils

Uninstall xfonts-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-utils

Remove xfonts-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-utils

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

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

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

Dependencies

xfonts-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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