How To Install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp
fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp is:
“AR PL SungtiL GB” is a high-quality Chinese TrueType font (gbsn00lp.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-gbsn00lp” package for typesetting with Omega or with CJK for LaTeX (cjk-latex).
There are three methods to install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp 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-gbsn00lp 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-gbsn00lp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp
Install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp
Install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp 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-gbsn00lp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp
How To Uninstall fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp
Uninstall fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp 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-gbsn00lp
Remove fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp
Remove fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
