How To Install bitmap-console-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitmap-console-fonts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is bitmap-console-fonts

The bitmap-fonts package provides a number of bitmap fonts selected from the xorg package designed for use locations such as terminals.

We can use yum or dnf to install bitmap-console-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bitmap-console-fonts.

Install bitmap-console-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install bitmap-console-fonts

Install bitmap-console-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install bitmap-console-fonts

How To Uninstall bitmap-console-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the bitmap-console-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bitmap-console-fonts

bitmap-console-fonts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/fonts/conf.d/66-bitmap-console.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/66-bitmap-console.conf
/usr/share/fonts/bitmap
/usr/share/fonts/bitmap/console8x16.pcf.gz

References

• bitmap-console-fonts website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bitmap-console-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.