How To Install fonts-tuffy on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tuffy on Ubuntu 18.04. fonts-tuffy is The Tuffy Truetype Font Family

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tuffy on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fonts-tuffy

fonts-tuffy is:

Thatcher Ulrich’s first outline font design. He started with the goal of producing a neutral, readable sans-serif text font. There are lots of “expressive” fonts out there, but he wanted to start with something very plain and clean, something he might want to actually use.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-tuffy

Install fonts-tuffy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-tuffy

Install fonts-tuffy 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-tuffy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-tuffy

How To Uninstall fonts-tuffy on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-tuffy

Uninstall fonts-tuffy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-tuffy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-tuffy

Remove fonts-tuffy Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-tuffy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-tuffy

Remove fonts-tuffy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-tuffy

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tuffy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.