How To Install fontawesome-fonts-web on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install fontawesome-fonts-web on CentOS 7. fontawesome-fonts-web is Iconic font set, web files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fontawesome-fonts-web on CentOS 7.

What is fontawesome-fonts-web

Font Awesome gives you scalable vector icons that can instantly be customized — size, color, drop shadow, and anything that can be done with the power of CSS. This package contains CSS, SCSS and LESS style files as well as Web Open Font Format versions 1, Embedded OpenType and SVG font files which are typically used on the web.

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

Install fontawesome-fonts-web on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install fontawesome-fonts-web

Install fontawesome-fonts-web 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 fontawesome-fonts-web using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fontawesome-fonts-web

How To Uninstall fontawesome-fonts-web on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the fontawesome-fonts-web package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fontawesome-fonts-web

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Summary

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