How To Install fonts-nanum-coding on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-nanum-coding on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-nanum-coding
fonts-nanum-coding is:
Nanum font families are Korean font families which are intended for use on computer screens. These fonts are good with computer LCD monitors because they have used rich hinting techniques like subpixel rendering.
This package contains one Korean fixed width font family. This is especially designed for programmer’s editors.
There are three methods to install fonts-nanum-coding 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-nanum-coding 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-nanum-coding using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-nanum-coding
Install fonts-nanum-coding Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-nanum-coding using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-nanum-coding
Install fonts-nanum-coding 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-nanum-coding using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-nanum-coding
How To Uninstall fonts-nanum-coding on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-nanum-coding package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-nanum-coding
Uninstall fonts-nanum-coding And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-nanum-coding and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-nanum-coding
Remove fonts-nanum-coding Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-nanum-coding configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-nanum-coding
Remove fonts-nanum-coding configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-nanum-coding configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-nanum-coding
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-nanum-coding package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
