How To Install fonts-opendin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-opendin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-opendin
fonts-opendin is:
The idea of this open typeface is being the most close as possible from the Prussian Railways master drawing (public domain license, afaik), and its applications.
This typeface were made using open-source tools, like Fontforge and Inkscape, also for helping their development from using them.
There are three methods to install fonts-opendin 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-opendin 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-opendin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-opendin
Install fonts-opendin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-opendin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-opendin
Install fonts-opendin 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-opendin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-opendin
How To Uninstall fonts-opendin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-opendin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-opendin
Uninstall fonts-opendin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-opendin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-opendin
Remove fonts-opendin Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-opendin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-opendin
Remove fonts-opendin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-opendin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-opendin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-opendin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
