How To Install fonts-noto-mono on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-noto-mono on Ubuntu 20.04. fonts-noto-mono is No Tofu monospaced font family with large Unicode coverage No Tofu monospaced font family with large Unicode coverage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-noto-mono on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is fonts-noto-mono

fonts-noto-mono is:

Noto is a collection of font families, each visually harmonized across scripts.

This package contains Noto Mono font family, formerly known as Droid Mono. Beware that Noto Mono has a much smaller repertoire than Noto Sans or Noto Serif.

The name “Noto” is short for “No Tofu”, describing the aim of covering all living Unicode scripts.

Tofu (豆腐) is Japanese jargon for unicode replacement character “�” (U+FFFD) often displayed as replacement for unassigned or unknown characters. Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: fonts-noto-mono Architecture: all Version: 20200323-1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: fonts Source: fonts-noto Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 149 Enhances: fonts-noto-hinted Filename: pool/main/f/fonts-noto/fonts-noto-mono_20200323-1_all.deb Size: 80796 MD5sum: 8e8f3b1e4f97779e1fa94732f8fcab78 SHA1: e47f1056c7018019143d1901f9725d0d75aa01d9 SHA256: eb1279b121ef56da9ac7f8e66fec7ffb3b006c4c3d534cbe4472b80934c5dcb0 Homepage: https://www.google.com/get/noto/ Description-en: “No Tofu” monospaced font family with large Unicode coverage Noto is a collection of font families, each visually harmonized across scripts.

This package contains Noto Mono font family, formerly known as Droid Mono. Beware that Noto Mono has a much smaller repertoire than Noto Sans or Noto Serif.

The name “Noto” is short for “No Tofu”, describing the aim of covering all living Unicode scripts.

Tofu (豆腐) is Japanese jargon for unicode replacement character “�” (U+FFFD) often displayed as replacement for unassigned or unknown characters. Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

There are three methods to install fonts-noto-mono 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-noto-mono 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-noto-mono using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-noto-mono

Install fonts-noto-mono Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-noto-mono

Install fonts-noto-mono 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-noto-mono using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-noto-mono

How To Uninstall fonts-noto-mono on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the fonts-noto-mono package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-noto-mono

Uninstall fonts-noto-mono And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-noto-mono

Remove fonts-noto-mono Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-noto-mono

Remove fonts-noto-mono configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-noto-mono

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Summary

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