How to Install and Uninstall bdf2psf Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "bdf2psf" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install bdf2psf on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bdf2psf
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bdf2psf" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall bdf2psf on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bdf2psf
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bdf2psf package on Kali Linux

Package: bdf2psf
Source: console-setup
Version: 1.226
Installed-Size: 182
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Architecture: all
Depends: perl
Size: 28968
SHA256: 30b34b782801ce9d9ac2df5924cda46825908519c2eac4b09b57c796fdc4c07a
SHA1: 18152213b27a10d8a962cfda01fe6db4b9495e5e
MD5sum: 420ce6826741e5634ae7868d624fb65b
Description: font converter to generate console fonts from BDF source fonts
This package provides a command-line converter that can be used in
scripts to build console fonts from BDF sources automatically. The
converter comes with a collection of font encodings that cover many
of the world's languages. The output font can use a different
character encoding from the input. When the source font does not
define a glyph for a particular symbol in the encoding table, that
glyph position in the console font is not wasted but used for another
symbol.
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When deciding about the position in the font for a particular glyph,
the converter takes into account that in text video modes the video
adapter copies the eighth column of the glyph matrix of symbols
positioned in the pseudographic area to the ninth column. In order to
create fonts for text video modes, the width of the glyph matrix of
the source BDF font should be seven, eight, or nine pixels; otherwise the
converter creates fonts suitable for framebuffer only.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, use::converting, works-with::font
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/console-setup/bdf2psf_1.226_all.deb