How To Install fonts-beng on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-beng on Ubuntu 18.04. fonts-beng is Metapackage to install Bengali and Assamese fonts

Introduction

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

What is fonts-beng

fonts-beng is:

This package allows you to install all available Bengali and Assamese fonts in Debian.

There are three methods to install fonts-beng 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-beng 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-beng using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-beng

Install fonts-beng Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-beng

Install fonts-beng 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-beng using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-beng

How To Uninstall fonts-beng on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-beng

Uninstall fonts-beng And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-beng

Remove fonts-beng Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-beng

Remove fonts-beng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-beng

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Summary

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