How To Install fonts-monoid-loose on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-monoid-loose on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fonts-monoid-loose
fonts-monoid-loose is:
Monoid is customizable and optimized for coding with bitmap-like sharpness at 12px/9pt even on low res display.
Monoid is semi-condensed and distinguishable glyphs with short ascenders, descenders, big apertures and super sized operators, punctuation.
It comes with regular, bold, oblique and retina versions with >750 Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, ligature, alternate and Power-line glyphs.
This package contains the loose tracking variant.
There are three methods to install fonts-monoid-loose on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-monoid-loose 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-monoid-loose using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-monoid-loose
Install fonts-monoid-loose Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-monoid-loose using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-monoid-loose
Install fonts-monoid-loose 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-monoid-loose using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-monoid-loose
How To Uninstall fonts-monoid-loose on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fonts-monoid-loose package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-monoid-loose
Uninstall fonts-monoid-loose And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-monoid-loose and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-monoid-loose
Remove fonts-monoid-loose Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-monoid-loose configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-monoid-loose
Remove fonts-monoid-loose configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-monoid-loose configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-monoid-loose
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-monoid-loose package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.