How To Install ibm-plex-mono-fonts on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibm-plex-mono-fonts in Fedora 36. ibm-plex-mono-fonts is IBM Plex Mono, the monospace grotesque coding font family of the Plex set

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibm-plex-mono-fonts on Fedora 36.

What is `ibm-plex-mono-fonts`

IBM wanted Plex to be a distinctive, yet timeless workhorse — an alternative to its previous corporate font family, “Helvetica Neue”, for this new era. The Grotesque style was the perfect fit. Not only do Grotesque font families balance human and rational elements, the Grotesque style also came about during the Industrial Age, when IBM was born. This package provides the grotesque sans-serif fixed-width IBM Plex Mono, a little something for developers, because monospace does not need to be monotone.

We can use yum or dnf to install ibm-plex-mono-fonts on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ibm-plex-mono-fonts.

Install ibm-plex-mono-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 ibm-plex-mono-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ibm-plex-mono-fonts

Install ibm-plex-mono-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 ibm-plex-mono-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ibm-plex-mono-fonts

How To Uninstall ibm-plex-mono-fonts on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ibm-plex-mono-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ibm-plex-mono-fonts

ibm-plex-mono-fonts Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/fonts/conf.d/58-ibm-plex-mono-fonts.xml
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/58-ibm-plex-mono-fonts.xml
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-Bold.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-BoldItalic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-ExtraLight.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-ExtraLightItalic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-Italic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-Light.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-LightItalic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-Medium.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-MediumItalic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-Regular.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-SemiBold.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-SemiBoldItalic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-Text.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-TextItalic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-Thin.otf
/usr/share/fonts/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/IBMPlexMono-ThinItalic.otf
/usr/share/licenses/ibm-plex-mono-fonts
/usr/share/licenses/ibm-plex-mono-fonts/license.txt
/usr/share/metainfo/org.fedoraproject.ibm-plex-mono-fonts.metainfo.xml

References

ibm-plex-mono-fonts website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ibm-plex-mono-fonts on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).