How To Install google-android-emoji-fonts on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-android-emoji-fonts on Fedora 36.
What is google-android-emoji-fonts
The Android Emoji typeface contains a number of pictographs and smileys, popularly used in instant messages and chat forums. The style of the typeface is playful. It is taken from Google’s Android Jelly Bean mobile phone operating system. This font hasn’t been updated since 2012. You may well be better served by its replacement, google-noto-emoji-fonts.
We can use yum or dnf to install google-android-emoji-fonts on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install google-android-emoji-fonts.
Install google-android-emoji-fonts on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install google-android-emoji-fonts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install google-android-emoji-fonts
Install google-android-emoji-fonts on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install google-android-emoji-fonts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install google-android-emoji-fonts
How To Uninstall google-android-emoji-fonts on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the google-android-emoji-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove google-android-emoji-fonts
google-android-emoji-fonts Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/share/doc/google-android-emoji-fonts
/usr/share/doc/google-android-emoji-fonts/NOTICE
/usr/share/doc/google-android-emoji-fonts/README.txt
/usr/share/fonts/google-android-emoji
/usr/share/fonts/google-android-emoji/AndroidEmoji.ttf
/usr/share/metainfo/AndroidEmoji.metainfo.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-android-emoji-fonts on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).