How To Install fonts-opendyslexic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-opendyslexic
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-opendyslexic
fonts-opendyslexic is:
OpenDyslexic is an open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia. It includes regular, bold, italic, and bold-italic styles. It is being updated continually and improved based on input from dyslexic users.
There are three methods to install fonts-opendyslexic
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-opendyslexic 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-opendyslexic
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-opendyslexic
Install fonts-opendyslexic Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-opendyslexic
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-opendyslexic
Install fonts-opendyslexic 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-opendyslexic
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-opendyslexic
How To Uninstall fonts-opendyslexic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-opendyslexic
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-opendyslexic
Uninstall fonts-opendyslexic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-opendyslexic
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-opendyslexic
Remove fonts-opendyslexic Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-opendyslexic
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-opendyslexic
Remove fonts-opendyslexic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-opendyslexic
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-opendyslexic
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-opendyslexic
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.