How To Install fonts-gfs-porson 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-gfs-porson on Ubuntu.
What is fonts-gfs-porson
fonts-gfs-porson is:
In England, during the 1790’s, Cambridge University Press decided to procure a new set of Greek types. The university’s great scholar of Classics, Richard Porson was asked to produce a typeface based on his handsome handwriting and Richard Austin was commissioned to cut the types. The type was completed in 1808, after the untimely death of Porson the previous year. Its success was immediate and since then the classical editions in Great Britain and the U.S.A. use it, almost invariably. In 1913, Monotype released the typeface with some corrections, notably replacing the upright capitals suggested by Porson with inclined ones. In Greece the typeface was used under the name Pelasgika type. GFS Porson is based on the Monotype version, though using upright capitals, as in the original.
There are three methods to install fonts-gfs-porson 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-gfs-porson 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-gfs-porson using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-gfs-porson
Install fonts-gfs-porson Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-gfs-porson using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-gfs-porson
Install fonts-gfs-porson 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-gfs-porson using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-gfs-porson
How To Uninstall fonts-gfs-porson on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the fonts-gfs-porson package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-gfs-porson
Uninstall fonts-gfs-porson And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-gfs-porson and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-gfs-porson
Remove fonts-gfs-porson Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-gfs-porson configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-gfs-porson
Remove fonts-gfs-porson configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-gfs-porson configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-gfs-porson
Dependencies
fonts-gfs-porson have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gfs-porson package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.