How To Install fonts-symbola 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-symbola on Ubuntu.
What is fonts-symbola
fonts-symbola is:
This package includes the Symbola font, which contains special symbols and emoji characters which are encoded in the Unicode Standard 9.0
There are three methods to install fonts-symbola 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-symbola 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-symbola using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-symbola
Install fonts-symbola Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-symbola using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-symbola
Install fonts-symbola 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-symbola using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-symbola
How To Uninstall fonts-symbola on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the fonts-symbola package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-symbola
Uninstall fonts-symbola And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-symbola and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-symbola
Remove fonts-symbola Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-symbola configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-symbola
Remove fonts-symbola configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-symbola configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-symbola
Dependencies
fonts-symbola have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-symbola package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.