How To Install ucs-miscfixed-fonts on CentOS 8

ucs-miscfixed-fonts is Selected set of bitmap fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ucs-miscfixed-fonts on CentOS 8.

What is ucs-miscfixed-fonts

The usc-fixed-fonts package provides bitmap fonts for locations such as terminals.

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

Install ucs-miscfixed-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 ucs-miscfixed-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ucs-miscfixed-fonts

Install ucs-miscfixed-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 ucs-miscfixed-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ucs-miscfixed-fonts

How To Uninstall ucs-miscfixed-fonts on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the ucs-miscfixed-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ucs-miscfixed-fonts

ucs-miscfixed-fonts Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/fonts/conf.d/66-ucs-miscfixed.conf
/usr/share/doc/ucs-miscfixed-fonts
/usr/share/doc/ucs-miscfixed-fonts/README
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/66-ucs-miscfixed.conf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/10x20.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/4x6.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/5x7.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/5x8.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/6x10.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/6x12.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/6x13.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/6x13B.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/6x13O.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/6x9.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/7x13.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/7x13B.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/7x13O.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/7x14.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/7x14B.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/8x13.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/8x13B.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/8x13O.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/9x15.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/9x15B.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/9x18.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/9x18B.bdf
/usr/share/fonts/ucs-miscfixed/clR6x12.bdf

References

Summary

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