How To Install fonts-gfs-theokritos on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gfs-theokritos on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-gfs-theokritos
fonts-gfs-theokritos is:
In the late 50’s Yannis Kefallinos (1894-1958) designed and published an exquisite book with engraved illustrations of the ancient white funerary pottery in Attica in collaboration with Varlamos, Montesanto, Damianakis.
Its complex and heavily decorative design does point to aesthetic codes which preoccupied his artistic expression and, although impractical for contemporary text setting, it remains an original display face, or it can be used as initials. The book design workshop of the Fine Arts School of Athens has been recently reorganised, under the direction of professor Leoni Vidali, and with her collaboration George D. Matthiopoulos has redesigned digitaly this historical font which is now available as GFS Theokritos.
There are three methods to install fonts-gfs-theokritos 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-gfs-theokritos 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-gfs-theokritos using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-gfs-theokritos
Install fonts-gfs-theokritos Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-gfs-theokritos using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-gfs-theokritos
Install fonts-gfs-theokritos 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-gfs-theokritos using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-gfs-theokritos
How To Uninstall fonts-gfs-theokritos on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-gfs-theokritos package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-gfs-theokritos
Uninstall fonts-gfs-theokritos And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-gfs-theokritos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-gfs-theokritos
Remove fonts-gfs-theokritos Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-gfs-theokritos configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-gfs-theokritos
Remove fonts-gfs-theokritos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-gfs-theokritos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-gfs-theokritos
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gfs-theokritos package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
