How To Install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts is Mikhail Stephan family of BPG Georgian fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts

BPG Fonts are a set of GPL licensed Georgian Unicode fonts. This package contains the Mikhail Stephan font family. This type was first produced in 1709, by the printing-house of King Vahtang VI. In 1712, it was used to print “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” by Shota Rustaveli, then “New Testament” and “The Bible” were printed using updated types prepared in Tbilisi by Hungarian Master Michael Stefan Hungaro-Valakhian.

We can use yum or dnf to install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts.

Install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts

Install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts

How To Uninstall bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts

bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/fonts/conf.d/64-bpg.conf-mikhail-stephan.conf
/usr/share/appdata/bpg-mikhail-stephan.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/64-bpg.conf-mikhail-stephan.conf
/usr/share/fonts/bpg
/usr/share/fonts/bpg/BPG_Mikhail_Stephan_GPL&GNU.otf

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpg-mikhail-stephan-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.