How To Install bitmap-console-fonts on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitmap-console-fonts on CentOS 8.
What is bitmap-console-fonts
The bitmap-fonts package provides a number of bitmap fonts selected from the xorg package designed for use locations such as terminals.
We can use yum or dnf to install bitmap-console-fonts on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bitmap-console-fonts.
Install bitmap-console-fonts on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bitmap-console-fonts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bitmap-console-fonts
Install bitmap-console-fonts on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bitmap-console-fonts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bitmap-console-fonts
How To Uninstall bitmap-console-fonts on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bitmap-console-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bitmap-console-fonts
bitmap-console-fonts Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/fonts/conf.d/66-bitmap-console.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/66-bitmap-console.conf
/usr/share/fonts/bitmap
/usr/share/fonts/bitmap/console8x16.pcf.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitmap-console-fonts on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.