How To Install d-din-fonts on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install d-din-fonts on CentOS 8.
What is d-din-fonts
D-DIN is a sans-serif typeface family derived from German DIN (Deutsches Institut fuer Normung / German Institute for Standardization) font style. This font was commissioned by Datto, Inc. from Monotype and is used for the company’s primary corporate typography.
We can use yum or dnf to install d-din-fonts on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install d-din-fonts.
Install d-din-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 d-din-fonts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install d-din-fonts
Install d-din-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 d-din-fonts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install d-din-fonts
How To Uninstall d-din-fonts on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the d-din-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove d-din-fonts
d-din-fonts Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/fonts/conf.d/64-d-din.conf
/usr/share/doc/d-din-fonts
/usr/share/doc/d-din-fonts/FONTLOG.txt
/usr/share/doc/d-din-fonts/README
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/64-d-din.conf
/usr/share/fonts/d-din
/usr/share/fonts/d-din/D-DIN-Bold.otf
/usr/share/fonts/d-din/D-DIN-Italic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/d-din/D-DIN.otf
/usr/share/licenses/d-din-fonts
/usr/share/licenses/d-din-fonts/CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt
/usr/share/licenses/d-din-fonts/OFL-1.1.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/com.datto.d-din.metainfo.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install d-din-fonts on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.