How To Install fonts-orya on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-orya on Ubuntu 18.04. fonts-orya is Meta package to install all Oriya fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-orya on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fonts-orya

fonts-orya is:

This package allows you to install all available Oriya fonts in Debian.

This package installs following fonts.

  • fonts-lohit-orya
  • fonts-orya-extra

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-orya

Install fonts-orya Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-orya

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-orya

How To Uninstall fonts-orya on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-orya

Uninstall fonts-orya And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-orya and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-orya

Remove fonts-orya Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-orya configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-orya

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-orya package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.