How To Install fonts-oxygen on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-oxygen on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-oxygen
fonts-oxygen is:
Desktop/gui font family for integrated use with the KDE desktop.
The basic concept for Oxygen Font is to design a clear, legible, sans serif font which would be rendered with Freetype on Linux-based devices. In addition a bold weight, plus regular and bold italics, and a monospace version will be made.
There are three methods to install fonts-oxygen 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-oxygen 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-oxygen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-oxygen
Install fonts-oxygen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-oxygen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-oxygen
Install fonts-oxygen 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-oxygen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-oxygen
How To Uninstall fonts-oxygen on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-oxygen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-oxygen
Uninstall fonts-oxygen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-oxygen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-oxygen
Remove fonts-oxygen Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-oxygen configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-oxygen
Remove fonts-oxygen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-oxygen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-oxygen
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-oxygen package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
