How To Install xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic on CentOS 8

xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic is Cyrillic fonts for X

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic on CentOS 8.

What is `xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic`

Contains a set of Cyrillic fonts.

We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic.

Install xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic 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 xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic

Install xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic 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 xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic

How To Uninstall xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic

xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/X11/fontpath.d/xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1c.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1cb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1cbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1co.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1h.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1hb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1hbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1ho.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1t.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1tb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1tbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox1to.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2c.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2cb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2cbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2co.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2h.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2hb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2hbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2ho.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2t.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2tb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2tbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox2to.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3c.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3cb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3cbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3co.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3h.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3hb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3hbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3ho.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3t.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3tb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3tbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox3to.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox4h.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox4hb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox4hbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox4ho.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox4t.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox4tb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox4tbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox4to.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox5h.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox5hb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox5hbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox5ho.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox5t.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox5tb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox5tbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox5to.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox6h.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox6hb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox6hbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox6ho.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox6t.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox6tb.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox6tbo.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/crox6to.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/encodings.dir
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.alias
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.cache-1
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.cache-2
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.cache-3
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.cache-4
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.cache-5
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.cache-6
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.cache-7
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.cache-8
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.cache-9
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.dir
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/fonts.scale
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi10x16b.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi10x20.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi12x24.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi12x24b.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi5x8.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi6x10.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi6x13.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi6x13b.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi6x9.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi7x14.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi7x14b.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi8x13.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi8x16b.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi9x15.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi9x15b.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi9x18.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koi9x18b.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/koinil2.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/proof9x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/screen8x16.pcf.gz
/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic/screen8x16b.pcf.gz

References

xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.