How To Install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp on Ubuntu.
What is fonts-arphic-gkai00mp
fonts-arphic-gkai00mp is:
“AR PL KaitiM GB” is a high-quality Chinese TrueType font (gkai00mp.ttf) generously provided by Arphic Technology to the Free Software community under the “Arphic Public License”.
You also need to install the “latex-cjk-chinese-arphic-gkai00mp” package for typesetting with Omega or with CJK for LaTeX (cjk-latex).
There are three methods to install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp
Install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp
Install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp
How To Uninstall fonts-arphic-gkai00mp on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the fonts-arphic-gkai00mp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-arphic-gkai00mp
Uninstall fonts-arphic-gkai00mp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-arphic-gkai00mp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-arphic-gkai00mp
Remove fonts-arphic-gkai00mp Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-arphic-gkai00mp configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-arphic-gkai00mp
Remove fonts-arphic-gkai00mp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-arphic-gkai00mp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-arphic-gkai00mp
Dependencies
fonts-arphic-gkai00mp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-arphic-gkai00mp package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.