How To Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu 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-sil-shimenkan-taogu on Ubuntu.
What is fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu
fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu is:
The Shimenkan family of fonts supports the broad variety of writing systems that use the Miao (Pollard) script.
The Latin glyphs are based on the OFL-licensed Source Sans Pro fonts (https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans-pro). The Miao glyphs are designed to harmonize with the Latin, but remain true to the unique characteristics of Miao writing systems. The project is inspired by, but not based on, the Miao Unicode project (https://github.com/phjamr/MiaoUnicode).
The full font sources are publicly available at https://github.com/silnrsi/font-shimenkan An open workflow is used for building, testing and releasing.
This package provides fonts customized for Lipo / Dong Lisu [lpo]
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu 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-sil-shimenkan-taogu 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-sil-shimenkan-taogu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu
Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu
Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu 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-sil-shimenkan-taogu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu
How To Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu
Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu
Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu
Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu
Dependencies
fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-taogu package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.