How To Install nafees-web-naskh-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nafees-web-naskh-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. nafees-web-naskh-fonts is Nafees Web font for writing Urdu in the Naskh script

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nafees-web-naskh-fonts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is nafees-web-naskh-fonts

Character based Nafees Web Naskh Open Type Font for writing Urdu in Naskh script based on Unicode standard. This version has complete support of Aerabs for Urdu and updated glyphs for Latin characters. Nafees Web Naskh OTF contains approximately 330 glyphs, including 5 ligatures.

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

Install nafees-web-naskh-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 nafees-web-naskh-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nafees-web-naskh-fonts

Install nafees-web-naskh-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 nafees-web-naskh-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nafees-web-naskh-fonts

How To Uninstall nafees-web-naskh-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nafees-web-naskh-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nafees-web-naskh-fonts

nafees-web-naskh-fonts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/fonts/conf.d/67-nafees-web-naskh.conf
/usr/share/appdata/nafees-web-naskh.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/67-nafees-web-naskh.conf
/usr/share/fonts/nafees-web-naskh
/usr/share/fonts/nafees-web-naskh/NafeesWeb.ttf

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nafees-web-naskh-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.