How To Install bitmap-fonts-compat on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitmap-fonts-compat on CentOS 7.
What is bitmap-fonts-compat
The bitmap-fonts package provides a number of bitmap fonts selected from the xorg package designed for use locations such as terminals. Meta-package for installing all font families of bitmap.
We can use yum or dnf to install bitmap-fonts-compat on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bitmap-fonts-compat.
Install bitmap-fonts-compat on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install bitmap-fonts-compat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bitmap-fonts-compat
Install bitmap-fonts-compat 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 bitmap-fonts-compat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bitmap-fonts-compat
How To Uninstall bitmap-fonts-compat on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the bitmap-fonts-compat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bitmap-fonts-compat
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bitmap-fonts-compat on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.