How To Install fonts-hack-otf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-hack-otf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-hack-otf
fonts-hack-otf is:
This package used to contain the OTF variant of the Hack font, which has been discontinued upstream. It now pulls in the TTF variant instead.
This package is a dummy transitional package. It can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install fonts-hack-otf 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-hack-otf 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-hack-otf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-hack-otf
Install fonts-hack-otf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-hack-otf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-hack-otf
Install fonts-hack-otf 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-hack-otf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-hack-otf
How To Uninstall fonts-hack-otf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-hack-otf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-hack-otf
Uninstall fonts-hack-otf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-hack-otf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-hack-otf
Remove fonts-hack-otf Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-hack-otf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-hack-otf
Remove fonts-hack-otf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-hack-otf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-hack-otf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-hack-otf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
