How To Install fonts-eurofurence 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-eurofurence on Ubuntu.
What is fonts-eurofurence
fonts-eurofurence is:
Eurofurence is a family of fonts designed 1995-2000 by Tobias Köhler, originally for a convention these fonts are namesake of.
Provided variants are:
- eurofurence (regular, bold, italic, bold italic) — meant for signs, badges or text headings.
- eurofurence classic (regular, bold, italic, bold italic, light, light italic) — Futura-like, appropriate for body text.
- unifur (regular only) — ascender/descender-less, titles and logos only. A monospaced variant, “monofur”, is provided as a separate package.
There are three methods to install fonts-eurofurence 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-eurofurence 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-eurofurence using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-eurofurence
Install fonts-eurofurence Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-eurofurence using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-eurofurence
Install fonts-eurofurence 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-eurofurence using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-eurofurence
How To Uninstall fonts-eurofurence on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the fonts-eurofurence package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-eurofurence
Uninstall fonts-eurofurence And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-eurofurence and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-eurofurence
Remove fonts-eurofurence Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-eurofurence configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-eurofurence
Remove fonts-eurofurence configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-eurofurence configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-eurofurence
Dependencies
fonts-eurofurence have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-eurofurence package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.