How To Install tv-fonts 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 tv-fonts on Ubuntu.
What is tv-fonts
tv-fonts is:
Includes:
- big fonts for on-screen displays.
- fonts for teletext pages (including the special graphic characters used for teletext graphics).
There are three methods to install tv-fonts 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 tv-fonts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tv-fonts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tv-fonts
Install tv-fonts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tv-fonts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tv-fonts
Install tv-fonts 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 tv-fonts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tv-fonts
How To Uninstall tv-fonts on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the tv-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tv-fonts
Uninstall tv-fonts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tv-fonts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tv-fonts
Remove tv-fonts Configurations and Data
To remove tv-fonts configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tv-fonts
Remove tv-fonts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tv-fonts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tv-fonts
Dependencies
tv-fonts have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tv-fonts package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.