How To Install fontpackages-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install fontpackages-devel on Rocky Linux 8. fontpackages-devel is Templates and macros used to create font packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fontpackages-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is fontpackages-devel

This package contains spec templates, rpm macros and other materials used to create font packages.

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

Install fontpackages-devel 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 fontpackages-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fontpackages-devel

Install fontpackages-devel 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 fontpackages-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fontpackages-devel

How To Uninstall fontpackages-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the fontpackages-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fontpackages-devel

fontpackages-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/rpmdevtools/spectemplate-fonts-multi.spec
/etc/rpmdevtools/spectemplate-fonts-partial-multi.spec
/etc/rpmdevtools/spectemplate-fonts-partial-simple.spec
/etc/rpmdevtools/spectemplate-fonts-simple.spec
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.fonts
/usr/share/doc/fontpackages
/usr/share/doc/fontpackages/readme.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/basic-font-template.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/basic-font-template.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/fontconfig-generics.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/fontconfig-priorities.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/index.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/l10n-font-template.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/l10n-font-template.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/merging-font-template.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/merging-font-template.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/remapping-font-template.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/remapping-font-template.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/rescaling-font-template.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/rescaling-font-template.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/substitution-font-template.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/templates/substitution-font-template.txt
/usr/share/licenses/fontpackages
/usr/share/licenses/fontpackages/license.txt

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fontpackages-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.