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How To Install fonts-noto-core 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-noto-core on Ubuntu.

What is fonts-noto-core

fonts-noto-core is:

Noto is a collection of font families, each visually harmonized across scripts.

This package contains core weights for these Noto font families:

The name “Noto” is short for “No Tofu”, describing the aim of covering all living Unicode scripts (currently 65 are covered, at least partly.

Tofu (豆腐) is Japanese jargon for unicode replacement character “�” (U+FFFD) often displayed as replacement for unassigned or unknown characters.

There are three methods to install fonts-noto-core 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-noto-core 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-noto-core using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-noto-core

Install fonts-noto-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-noto-core using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-noto-core

Install fonts-noto-core 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-noto-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-noto-core

How To Uninstall fonts-noto-core on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the fonts-noto-core package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-noto-core

Uninstall fonts-noto-core And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-noto-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-noto-core

Remove fonts-noto-core Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-noto-core configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-noto-core

Remove fonts-noto-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-noto-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-noto-core

Dependencies

fonts-noto-core have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-noto-core package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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