How To Install terminus-fonts-console on CentOS 8

terminus-fonts-console is Clean fixed width font (console version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install terminus-fonts-console on CentOS 8.

What is terminus-fonts-console

The Terminus Font is designed for long (8 and more hours per day) work with computers. It covers about 120 language sets and supports ISO8859-1/2/5/7/9/13/15/16, Paratype-PT154/PT254, KOI8-R/U/E/F, Esperanto, and many IBM, Windows and Macintosh code pages, as well as the IBM VGA, vt100 and xterm pseudo graphic characters. The sizes present are 6x12, 8x14, 8x16, 10x20, 11x22, 12x24, 14x28 and 16x32. The styles are normal and bold (except for 6x12), plus EGA/VGA-bold for 8x14 and 8x16. The font is available for the Linux console and for X11. This package contains the fonts to use with the Linux console.

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

Install terminus-fonts-console 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 terminus-fonts-console using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install terminus-fonts-console

Install terminus-fonts-console 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 terminus-fonts-console using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install terminus-fonts-console

How To Uninstall terminus-fonts-console on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the terminus-fonts-console package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove terminus-fonts-console

terminus-fonts-console Package Contents on CentOS 8

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/usr/share/doc/terminus-fonts-console
/usr/share/doc/terminus-fonts-console/README
/usr/share/doc/terminus-fonts-console/README-BG
/usr/share/doc/terminus-fonts-console/README.fedora

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install terminus-fonts-console on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.