How To Install fonts-cascadia-code on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-cascadia-code on Ubuntu 20.04. fonts-cascadia-code is monospaced font designed to enhance appearance of Windows Terminal

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-cascadia-code on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is fonts-cascadia-code

fonts-cascadia-code is:

Cascadia Code is a monospaced font shipped by Microsoft. It includes programming ligatures and is intended for use in terminal applications as well as text editors.

There are three methods to install fonts-cascadia-code on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-cascadia-code 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-cascadia-code using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-cascadia-code

Install fonts-cascadia-code Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-cascadia-code using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-cascadia-code

Install fonts-cascadia-code 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-cascadia-code using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-cascadia-code

How To Uninstall fonts-cascadia-code on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the fonts-cascadia-code package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-cascadia-code

Uninstall fonts-cascadia-code And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-cascadia-code and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-cascadia-code

Remove fonts-cascadia-code Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-cascadia-code configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-cascadia-code

Remove fonts-cascadia-code configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-cascadia-code configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-cascadia-code

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-cascadia-code package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.