How To Install mgopen-fonts-compat on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgopen-fonts-compat on Fedora 36.
What is mgopen-fonts-compat
The MgOpen fonts are a font family that includes Latin and Greek glyphs. The fonts have been released under a liberal license, similar to the license covering the Bitstream Vera fonts. This package only exists to help transition pre Fedora 11 MgOpen font users to the new package split. It will be removed after one distribution release cycle, please do not reference it or depend on it in any way. It can be safely uninstalled.
We can use yum or dnf to install mgopen-fonts-compat on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mgopen-fonts-compat.
Install mgopen-fonts-compat 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 mgopen-fonts-compat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mgopen-fonts-compat
Install mgopen-fonts-compat 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 mgopen-fonts-compat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mgopen-fonts-compat
How To Uninstall mgopen-fonts-compat on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the mgopen-fonts-compat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mgopen-fonts-compat
mgopen-fonts-compat Package Contents on Fedora 36
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgopen-fonts-compat on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).
