How To Install fonts-linex 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-linex on Ubuntu.
What is fonts-linex
fonts-linex is:
These fonts include hand writing simulation typographies, ancient Greek and Roman typographies, the institutional fonts for use by the regional government of Extremadura and some other elegant fonts. This is the list of the included fonts:
- Abecedario: Small children handwritten simulation
- Elegante: Elegant handwritten simulation font
- BABEL Unicode: specifically designed to type Latin, Ancient greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Runic, Ogham and Old English
- Alfa-Beta: Ancient Greek typography
- Emerita Latina: Roman typography
- API PHONÉTIQUE: Designed to phonetically transcript French texts
- IPA PHONETICS: Designed to phonetically transcript English texts
- Ellenike: Classical Greek encoding
- Jara: Institutional font used by the regional government of Extremadura
- Quercus: Institutional font used by the regional government of Extremadura
These fonts have been developed, donated and GPL licensed by Juan José Marcos for their use in the gnuLinEx project.
There are three methods to install fonts-linex 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-linex 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-linex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-linex
Install fonts-linex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-linex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-linex
Install fonts-linex 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-linex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-linex
How To Uninstall fonts-linex on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the fonts-linex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-linex
Uninstall fonts-linex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-linex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-linex
Remove fonts-linex Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-linex configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-linex
Remove fonts-linex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-linex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-linex
Dependencies
fonts-linex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-linex package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.