How To Install r-cran-fontliberation on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fontliberation on Ubuntu 20.04. r-cran-fontliberation is Liberation Fonts for GNU R

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install r-cran-fontliberation on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is r-cran-fontliberation

r-cran-fontliberation is:

A placeholder for the Liberation fontset intended for the fontquiver package. This fontset covers the 12 combinations of families (sans, serif, mono) and faces (plain, bold, italic, bold italic) supported in R graphics devices.

There are three methods to install r-cran-fontliberation 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 r-cran-fontliberation Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-fontliberation using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install r-cran-fontliberation

Install r-cran-fontliberation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install r-cran-fontliberation using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install r-cran-fontliberation

Install r-cran-fontliberation 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 r-cran-fontliberation using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install r-cran-fontliberation

How To Uninstall r-cran-fontliberation on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the r-cran-fontliberation package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove r-cran-fontliberation

Uninstall r-cran-fontliberation And Its Dependencies

To uninstall r-cran-fontliberation and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove r-cran-fontliberation

Remove r-cran-fontliberation Configurations and Data

To remove r-cran-fontliberation configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge r-cran-fontliberation

Remove r-cran-fontliberation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove r-cran-fontliberation configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge r-cran-fontliberation

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Summary

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