How to Install and Uninstall console-data Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "console-data" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install console-data on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                console-data
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "console-data" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall console-data on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                console-data
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the console-data package on Kali Linux

Package: console-data
Version: 2:1.12-9
Installed-Size: 2251
Maintainer: Alastair McKinstry
Architecture: all
Replaces: console-tools-data
Provides: console-keymaps, console-tools-data
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: kbd (>= 0.99-12), console-common (>= 0.7.62)
Suggests: unicode-data
Conflicts: console-tools-data, kbd (<= 0.96a-1), kbd-data
Size: 1062856
SHA256: 3dcbb3d9b8e6659bb02a464e54cb30cf04c736f0be2dc35e07743c5e15de838f
SHA1: 6efdcaa571ff1543fd2cc7a2fbe415466be0f9c2
MD5sum: 1669c058b67b648b8049f4bd9874ac4a
Description: keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fallback tables for 'kbd'.
This package provides the standard data files for the Linux console tools.
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This includes keyboard definitions (keymaps), console fonts for various
encodings, maps defining the standard charsets for use by text applications,
and fallback tables allowing to approximate an unavailable character's glyph
with the glyph of another character in the current font.
Description-md5:
Built-Using: unicode-data (= 14.0.0-1)
Tag: admin::configuring, hardware::input:keyboard, made-of::font,
role::app-data, role::program, use::configuring
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/console-data/console-data_1.12-9_all.deb