How To Install fonts-monoid on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-monoid on Ubuntu 20.04. fonts-monoid is open source coding font with bitmap-like sharpness (normal tracking)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-monoid on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `fonts-monoid`

fonts-monoid 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 normal tracking variant.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-monoid

Install fonts-monoid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-monoid

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-monoid

How To Uninstall fonts-monoid on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-monoid

Uninstall fonts-monoid And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-monoid 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

Remove fonts-monoid Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-monoid configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-monoid

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-monoid package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.