How To Install dejavu-sans-fonts on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dejavu-sans-fonts on CentOS 8.
What is dejavu-sans-fonts
The DejaVu font set is based on the \u201cBitstream Vera\u201d fonts, release 1.10. Its purpose is to provide a wider range of characters, while maintaining the original style, using an open collaborative development process. This package consists of the DejaVu sans-serif variable-width font faces, in their unabridged version.
We can use yum or dnf to install dejavu-sans-fonts on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dejavu-sans-fonts.
Install dejavu-sans-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 dejavu-sans-fonts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dejavu-sans-fonts
Install dejavu-sans-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 dejavu-sans-fonts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dejavu-sans-fonts
How To Uninstall dejavu-sans-fonts on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the dejavu-sans-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dejavu-sans-fonts
dejavu-sans-fonts Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-sans.conf
/usr/share/appdata/dejavu-sans.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/57-dejavu-sans.conf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dejavu-sans-fonts on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.