How To Install dejavu-sans-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install dejavu-sans-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. dejavu-sans-fonts is Variable-width sans-serif font faces

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dejavu-sans-fonts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `dejavu-sans-fonts`

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 the DejaVu sans-serif variable-width font faces, in their unabridged version.

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

Install dejavu-sans-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 dejavu-sans-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dejavu-sans-fonts

Install dejavu-sans-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 dejavu-sans-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dejavu-sans-fonts

How To Uninstall dejavu-sans-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the dejavu-sans-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dejavu-sans-fonts

dejavu-sans-fonts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/fonts/conf.d/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf
/etc/fonts/conf.d/57-dejavu-sans.conf
/usr/share/appdata/dejavu-sans.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/57-dejavu-sans.conf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-ExtraLight.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Oblique.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed-BoldOblique.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed-Oblique.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansCondensed.ttf

References

dejavu-sans-fonts website

Summary

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