How To Install xfonts-jmk 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 xfonts-jmk on Ubuntu.
What is xfonts-jmk
xfonts-jmk is:
These are character-cell fonts for use with the X Window System, created by Jim Knoble. The fonts currently included in this package are:
Neep (formerly known as NouveauGothic): A pleasantly legible variation on the standard fixed fonts that accompany most distributions of the X Window System. Comes in both normal and bold weights in small, medium, large, extra-large, and huge sizes, as well as an extra-small size that only comes in normal weight. ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-2, ISO-8859-9, and ISO-8859-15 encodings are available. The 6x13, 8x15, and 10x20 sizes have an ISO-10646-1 (Unicode) variant, drawing glyphs missing in Neep from misc-fixed.
Modd: A fixed-width font with sleek, contemporary styling. Normal and bold weights in a 12-point (6x13) size. ISO-8859-1 encoding only.
There are three methods to install xfonts-jmk 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 xfonts-jmk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-jmk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-jmk
Install xfonts-jmk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-jmk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-jmk
Install xfonts-jmk 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 xfonts-jmk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-jmk
How To Uninstall xfonts-jmk on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xfonts-jmk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-jmk
Uninstall xfonts-jmk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-jmk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-jmk
Remove xfonts-jmk Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-jmk configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-jmk
Remove xfonts-jmk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-jmk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-jmk
Dependencies
xfonts-jmk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-jmk package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.