How To Install google-crosextra-caladea-fonts on CentOS 8

google-crosextra-caladea-fonts is Serif font metric-compatible with Cambria font

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install google-crosextra-caladea-fonts on CentOS 8.

What is google-crosextra-caladea-fonts

Caladea is metric-compatible with Cambria font. This font is a serif typeface family based on Lato.

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

Install google-crosextra-caladea-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 google-crosextra-caladea-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install google-crosextra-caladea-fonts

Install google-crosextra-caladea-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 google-crosextra-caladea-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install google-crosextra-caladea-fonts

How To Uninstall google-crosextra-caladea-fonts on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the google-crosextra-caladea-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove google-crosextra-caladea-fonts

google-crosextra-caladea-fonts Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/fonts/conf.d/30-0-google-crosextra-caladea-fontconfig.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/62-google-crosextra-caladea-fontconfig.conf
/usr/share/appdata/google-crosextra-caladea.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/30-0-google-crosextra-caladea-fontconfig.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/62-google-crosextra-caladea-fontconfig.conf
/usr/share/fonts/google-crosextra-caladea
/usr/share/fonts/google-crosextra-caladea/Caladea-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-crosextra-caladea/Caladea-BoldItalic.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-crosextra-caladea/Caladea-Italic.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-crosextra-caladea/Caladea-Regular.ttf

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install google-crosextra-caladea-fonts on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.