How To Install xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic on CentOS 8.
What is xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic
Ethiopic fonts which are part of the core X Window System distribution.
We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic.
Install xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic 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-ethiopic using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic
Install xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic 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-ethiopic using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic
How To Uninstall xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic
xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/xorg-x11-fonts-OTF
/etc/X11/fontpath.d/xorg-x11-fonts-TTF
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/GohaTibebZemen.otf
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/encodings.dir
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.alias
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.cache-1
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.cache-2
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.cache-3
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.cache-4
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.cache-5
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.cache-6
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.cache-7
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.cache-8
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.cache-9
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.dir
/usr/share/X11/fonts/OTF/fonts.scale
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/GohaTibebZemen.ttf
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/encodings.dir
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.alias
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.cache-1
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.cache-2
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.cache-3
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.cache-4
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.cache-5
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.cache-6
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.cache-7
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.cache-8
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.cache-9
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.dir
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF/fonts.scale
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-fonts-ethiopic on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.