How To Install libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts is LibreOffice dingbats font

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts

A dingbats font, OpenSymbol, suitable for use by LibreOffice for bullets and mathematical symbols.

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

Install libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts 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 libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts

Install libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts 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 libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts

How To Uninstall libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts

libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts
/usr/share/doc/libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts/LICENSE
/usr/share/fonts/opensymbol
/usr/share/fonts/opensymbol/opens___.ttf

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreoffice-opensymbol-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.