How To Install amiri-fonts-common on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install amiri-fonts-common on CentOS 7. amiri-fonts-common is Common files for amiri-fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install amiri-fonts-common on CentOS 7.

What is amiri-fonts-common

Amiri is a classical Arabic typeface in Naskh style for typesetting books and other running text. Amiri is a revival of the beautiful typeface pioneered in early 20th century by Bulaq Press in Cairo, also known as Amiria Press, after which the font is named. This package consists of files used by other amiri-fonts packages.

We can use yum or dnf to install amiri-fonts-common on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install amiri-fonts-common.

Install amiri-fonts-common on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install amiri-fonts-common using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install amiri-fonts-common

Install amiri-fonts-common on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install amiri-fonts-common using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install amiri-fonts-common

How To Uninstall amiri-fonts-common on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the amiri-fonts-common package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove amiri-fonts-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install amiri-fonts-common on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.