How To Install ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8.
What is ghostscript-tools-fonts
This package provides utilities which are useful when you are working with AFM, PFB or PFA files, mostly for conversion purposes.
We can use yum or dnf to install ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghostscript-tools-fonts.
Install ghostscript-tools-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 ghostscript-tools-fonts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ghostscript-tools-fonts
Install ghostscript-tools-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 ghostscript-tools-fonts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ghostscript-tools-fonts
How To Uninstall ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ghostscript-tools-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ghostscript-tools-fonts
ghostscript-tools-fonts Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/pf2afm
/usr/bin/pfbtopfa
/usr/bin/printafm
/usr/share/man/de/man1/printafm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pf2afm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pfbtopfa.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/printafm.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.