How To Install fonts-guru on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-guru on Ubuntu 18.04. fonts-guru is Meta package to install all Punjabi fonts

Introduction

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

What is fonts-guru

fonts-guru is:

This package allows you to install all available Punjabi fonts in Debian.

This package installs following fonts.

  • fonts-lohit-guru
  • fonts-guru-extra

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-guru

Install fonts-guru Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-guru

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-guru

How To Uninstall fonts-guru on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-guru

Uninstall fonts-guru And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-guru

Remove fonts-guru Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-guru

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

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

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

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Summary

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