How To Install eot-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install eot-utils on Kali Linux. eot-utils is Tools to convert from OTF or TTF to EOT font format

Introduction

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

What is eot-utils

eot-utils is:

The eot-utils are the two programs mkeot and eotinfo. The former creates an EOT (Embedded OpenType) file from an OpenType or TrueType font and the URLs of one or more Web pages. mkeot respects the TrueType embedding bits. The eotinfo program displays the contents of an EOT header in a human-readable way.

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

sudo apt-get -y install eot-utils

Install eot-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install eot-utils

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

sudo aptitude -y install eot-utils

How To Uninstall eot-utils on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove eot-utils

Uninstall eot-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eot-utils

Remove eot-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge eot-utils

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

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

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

Dependencies

eot-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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