How To Install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp on Ubuntu 18.04. fonts-arphic-bkai00mp is AR PL KaitiM Big5 Chinese TrueType font by Arphic Technology

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fonts-arphic-bkai00mp

fonts-arphic-bkai00mp is:

“AR PL KaitiM Big5” is a high-quality Chinese TrueType font (bkai00mp.ttf) generously provided by Arphic Technology to the Free Software community under the “Arphic Public License”.

You also need to install the “latex-cjk-chinese-arphic-bkai00mp " package for typesetting with Omega or with CJK for LaTeX (cjk-latex).

There are three methods to install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp

Install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp

Install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp

How To Uninstall fonts-arphic-bkai00mp on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the fonts-arphic-bkai00mp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-arphic-bkai00mp

Uninstall fonts-arphic-bkai00mp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-arphic-bkai00mp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-arphic-bkai00mp

Remove fonts-arphic-bkai00mp Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-arphic-bkai00mp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-arphic-bkai00mp

Remove fonts-arphic-bkai00mp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-arphic-bkai00mp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-arphic-bkai00mp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.