How To Install samyak-tamil-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install samyak-tamil-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. samyak-tamil-fonts is Open Type Fonts for Tamil script

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install samyak-tamil-fonts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is samyak-tamil-fonts

This package contains truetype/opentype font for the display of \ Scripts Tamil.

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

Install samyak-tamil-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 samyak-tamil-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install samyak-tamil-fonts

Install samyak-tamil-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 samyak-tamil-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install samyak-tamil-fonts

How To Uninstall samyak-tamil-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove samyak-tamil-fonts

samyak-tamil-fonts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/fonts/conf.d/67-samyak-tamil.conf
/usr/share/appdata/samyak-tamil.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/67-samyak-tamil.conf
/usr/share/fonts/samyak
/usr/share/fonts/samyak/Samyak-Tamil.ttf

References

Summary

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