How To Install fonts-mathematica on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-mathematica on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-mathematica
fonts-mathematica is:
This package downloads Mathematica fonts from http://support.wolfram.com/ and installs them, because the license prohibits their distribution. Please note that it may fail if the web site no longer offers them for download.
Only TTF fonts are available in this version.
There are three methods to install fonts-mathematica 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-mathematica 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-mathematica using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-mathematica
Install fonts-mathematica Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-mathematica using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-mathematica
Install fonts-mathematica 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-mathematica using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-mathematica
How To Uninstall fonts-mathematica on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-mathematica package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-mathematica
Uninstall fonts-mathematica And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-mathematica and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-mathematica
Remove fonts-mathematica Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-mathematica configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-mathematica
Remove fonts-mathematica configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-mathematica configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-mathematica
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-mathematica package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
