How To Install fonts-dkg-handwriting on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-dkg-handwriting on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-dkg-handwriting
fonts-dkg-handwriting is:
This is a goofy TrueType font that mimics Daniel Kahn Gillmor’s handwriting. It covers charset ISO-8859-1 plus some extra characters, and it includes bold, italic, and bold italic variants.
There are three methods to install fonts-dkg-handwriting 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-dkg-handwriting 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-dkg-handwriting using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-dkg-handwriting
Install fonts-dkg-handwriting Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-dkg-handwriting using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-dkg-handwriting
Install fonts-dkg-handwriting 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-dkg-handwriting using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-dkg-handwriting
How To Uninstall fonts-dkg-handwriting on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-dkg-handwriting package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-dkg-handwriting
Uninstall fonts-dkg-handwriting And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-dkg-handwriting and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-dkg-handwriting
Remove fonts-dkg-handwriting Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-dkg-handwriting configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-dkg-handwriting
Remove fonts-dkg-handwriting configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-dkg-handwriting configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-dkg-handwriting
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-dkg-handwriting package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
