How To Install fonts-essays1743 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-essays1743 on Ubuntu 18.04. fonts-essays1743 is Essays 1743 TrueType font

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-essays1743 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fonts-essays1743

fonts-essays1743 is:

This font is based on the typeface used in a 1743 English translation of Montaigne’s Essays. It contains normal, bold, italic and bold italic versions of 817 characters: all of ASCII, Latin-1, and Latin Extended A; some of Latin Extended B (basically, the ones that are more or less based on Roman letters); and a variety of other characters, such as oddball punctuation, numerals, etc.

There are three methods to install fonts-essays1743 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-essays1743 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-essays1743 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-essays1743

Install fonts-essays1743 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-essays1743 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-essays1743

Install fonts-essays1743 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-essays1743 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-essays1743

How To Uninstall fonts-essays1743 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the fonts-essays1743 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-essays1743

Uninstall fonts-essays1743 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-essays1743 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-essays1743

Remove fonts-essays1743 Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-essays1743 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-essays1743

Remove fonts-essays1743 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-essays1743 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-essays1743

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-essays1743 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.