How To Install fonts-opensymbol on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-opensymbol on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fonts-opensymbol
fonts-opensymbol is:
This package contains the OpenSymbol TrueType font included in LibreOffice. This font contains symbols (like fonts as Wingdings(tm)), bullets (needed for bullets in LibreOffice) and non-latin character Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-fonts, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: fonts-opensymbol Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: fonts Installed-Size: 441 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: mailto:[email protected] Architecture: all Multi-Arch: foreign Source: libreoffice (1:6.4.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1) Version: 2:102.11+LibO6.4.6-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Replaces: ttf-opensymbol Provides: ttf-opensymbol Recommends: fontconfig Description-en: OpenSymbol TrueType font This package contains the OpenSymbol TrueType font included in LibreOffice. This font contains symbols (like fonts as Wingdings(tm)), bullets (needed for bullets in LibreOffice) and non-latin character Homepage: http://www.libreoffice.org Original-Maintainer: Debian LibreOffice Maintainers [email protected]
Package: fonts-opensymbol Architecture: all Version: 2:102.11+LibO6.4.2-0ubuntu3 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: fonts Source: libreoffice (1:6.4.2-0ubuntu3) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian LibreOffice Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 441 Provides: ttf-opensymbol Recommends: fontconfig Replaces: ttf-opensymbol Filename: pool/main/libr/libreoffice/fonts-opensymbol_102.11+LibO6.4.2-0ubuntu3_all.deb Size: 93104 MD5sum: e921504ca929168d407f24f39075be1d SHA1: f11485903d5f865be3a8386fbc4fda9fb6220056 SHA256: fd61378b1a85d769377af429e2ea4df91f7e343acf65a931b81d353d9d15bcfc Homepage: http://www.libreoffice.org Description-en: OpenSymbol TrueType font This package contains the OpenSymbol TrueType font included in LibreOffice. This font contains symbols (like fonts as Wingdings(tm)), bullets (needed for bullets in LibreOffice) and non-latin character Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-fonts, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install fonts-opensymbol 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-opensymbol 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-opensymbol using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-opensymbol
Install fonts-opensymbol Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-opensymbol using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-opensymbol
Install fonts-opensymbol 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-opensymbol using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-opensymbol
How To Uninstall fonts-opensymbol on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fonts-opensymbol package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-opensymbol
Uninstall fonts-opensymbol And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-opensymbol and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-opensymbol
Remove fonts-opensymbol Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-opensymbol configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-opensymbol
Remove fonts-opensymbol configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-opensymbol configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-opensymbol
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-opensymbol package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.