How To Install fonts-glyphicons-halflings 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-glyphicons-halflings on Ubuntu.
What is fonts-glyphicons-halflings
fonts-glyphicons-halflings is:
GLYPHICONS is a family of icon fonts created with an emphasis to simplicity and easy orientation.
GLYPHICONS Halflings, a subset optimized for smaller graphics, were freely licensed as part of Bootstrap 2.x and 3.x.
There are three methods to install fonts-glyphicons-halflings 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-glyphicons-halflings 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-glyphicons-halflings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-glyphicons-halflings
Install fonts-glyphicons-halflings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-glyphicons-halflings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-glyphicons-halflings
Install fonts-glyphicons-halflings 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-glyphicons-halflings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-glyphicons-halflings
How To Uninstall fonts-glyphicons-halflings on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the fonts-glyphicons-halflings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-glyphicons-halflings
Uninstall fonts-glyphicons-halflings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-glyphicons-halflings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-glyphicons-halflings
Remove fonts-glyphicons-halflings Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-glyphicons-halflings configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-glyphicons-halflings
Remove fonts-glyphicons-halflings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-glyphicons-halflings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-glyphicons-halflings
Dependencies
fonts-glyphicons-halflings have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-glyphicons-halflings package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.