How To Install d-din-fonts on CentOS 8

d-din-fonts is Datto D-DIN fonts

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.