How To Install fontconfig on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontconfig on CentOS 7.
What is fontconfig
Fontconfig is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications. Fontconfig is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications.
We can use yum or dnf to install fontconfig on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fontconfig.
Install fontconfig on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fontconfig using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fontconfig
Install fontconfig 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 fontconfig using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fontconfig
How To Uninstall fontconfig on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the fontconfig package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fontconfig
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontconfig on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.