How To Install dejavu-fonts-common on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dejavu-fonts-common on CentOS 7.
What is dejavu-fonts-common
The DejaVu font set is based on the “Bitstream Vera” fonts, release 1.10. Its purpose is to provide a wider range of characters, while maintaining the original style, using an open collaborative development process. This package consists of files used by other DejaVu packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install dejavu-fonts-common on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dejavu-fonts-common.
Install dejavu-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 dejavu-fonts-common using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install dejavu-fonts-common
Install dejavu-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 dejavu-fonts-common using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install dejavu-fonts-common
How To Uninstall dejavu-fonts-common on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the dejavu-fonts-common package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove dejavu-fonts-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dejavu-fonts-common on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.