How To Install fontconfig on CentOS 8

fontconfig is Font configuration and customization library Font configuration and customization library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fontconfig on CentOS 8.

What is fontconfig

Fontconfig is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications. fontconfig 2.13.1 3.el8 x86_64 275 k fontconfig-2.13.1-3.el8.src.rpm baseos Font configuration and customization library http MIT and Public Domain and UCD Fontconfig is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications.

We can use yum or dnf to install fontconfig on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fontconfig.

Install fontconfig 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 fontconfig using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fontconfig

Install fontconfig 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 fontconfig using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fontconfig

How To Uninstall fontconfig on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the fontconfig package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fontconfig

fontconfig Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/25-unhint-nonlatin.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/README
/etc/fonts/fonts.conf
/usr/bin/fc-cache
/usr/bin/fc-cache-32
/usr/bin/fc-cat
/usr/bin/fc-conflist
/usr/bin/fc-list
/usr/bin/fc-match
/usr/bin/fc-pattern
/usr/bin/fc-query
/usr/bin/fc-scan
/usr/bin/fc-validate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/5ed11338a8bbd15bf29f575fbe40bd4e0eb167
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/d65e5e7ecc941bb74987890495ae22daccaf9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/5c6701b48bd7b872ee23b2cd4c24eeacb1e614
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/e7664c54da4f6558227d3db2a4d5ff1adf78c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/8ada38b5268ad8900dd64fedc76f29672d9e68
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/3f6d4a7c1c97f5a81e451be2ad98d9f80ef620
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/7d631f6c0560d4bd6d406547c4c3f490b7dd15
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/131db91d6fb2a32e24a4c74d9a1b387e68e872
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/4ca172cbf6d578b9d77e3d0a1b36b513308e8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/eb5b1bc7121eea5b26c713935195efbdce1158
/usr/lib/fontconfig/cache
/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1
/usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.12.0
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/README
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-autohint.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-full.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-medium.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-none.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-slight.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-no-sub-pixel.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-unhinted.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-default.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-legacy.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-light.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-vera.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/25-unhint-nonlatin.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/30-metric-aliases.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/40-nonlatin.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/45-generic.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/45-latin.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/49-sansserif.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/50-user.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/51-local.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-generic.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-latin.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-fonts-persian.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-khmer.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-nonlatin.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/69-unifont.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/80-delicious.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/90-synthetic.conf
/usr/share/licenses/fontconfig
/usr/share/licenses/fontconfig/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fontconfig-conf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fontconfig.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-cache.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-cat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-conflist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-match.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-pattern.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-query.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-scan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-validate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/fonts-conf.5.gz
/usr/share/xml/fontconfig
/usr/share/xml/fontconfig/fonts.dtd
/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-hinting-slight.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-vera.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/25-unhint-nonlatin.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/40-nonlatin.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-generic.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/45-latin.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/49-sansserif.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/50-user.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/51-local.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-generic.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-fonts-persian.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-nonlatin.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-unifont.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/80-delicious.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/90-synthetic.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/README
/etc/fonts/fonts.conf
/usr/bin/fc-cache
/usr/bin/fc-cache-64
/usr/bin/fc-cat
/usr/bin/fc-conflist
/usr/bin/fc-list
/usr/bin/fc-match
/usr/bin/fc-pattern
/usr/bin/fc-query
/usr/bin/fc-scan
/usr/bin/fc-validate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/88667fde54212cf03e579ff6d83850079c2ded
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/ddad40159eeea3c3e9ef3106a2fb637f758865
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/b532f29abd5c819d77424d24b6398efad6138c
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/42caa3c880cdc90d0f81bbbdb556e9fbfb289f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/544d59bd3b0b70671876940ad687021b6f4a38
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/916ce5b45326393e7ece137490237944640000
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/f2fca57ab6cefa87d69bae27cb0ac99ec8307b
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/4955d358bbe97523877d2b2f594ba1fe6473c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/b2e42a2457e867c69dc2041aaa23ccd163633e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/bfd6c259b54daa3ef7d0bebafbcd02c5aee815
/usr/lib/fontconfig/cache
/usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1
/usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1.12.0
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/README
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
/usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.txt
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-autohint.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-full.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-medium.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-none.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-hinting-slight.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-no-sub-pixel.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-bgr.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-rgb.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-vbgr.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-sub-pixel-vrgb.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/10-unhinted.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-default.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-legacy.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/11-lcdfilter-light.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-vera.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/25-unhint-nonlatin.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/30-metric-aliases.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/40-nonlatin.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/45-generic.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/45-latin.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/49-sansserif.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/50-user.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/51-local.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-generic.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-latin.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-fonts-persian.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-khmer.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-nonlatin.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/69-unifont.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/80-delicious.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/90-synthetic.conf
/usr/share/licenses/fontconfig
/usr/share/licenses/fontconfig/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fontconfig-conf.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/fontconfig.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-cache.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-cat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-conflist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-match.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-pattern.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-query.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-scan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fc-validate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/fonts-conf.5.gz
/usr/share/xml/fontconfig
/usr/share/xml/fontconfig/fonts.dtd

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fontconfig on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.