How To Install fonts-roboto-fontface on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-roboto-fontface on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-roboto-fontface
fonts-roboto-fontface is:
Roboto has a dual nature. It has a mechanical skeleton and the forms are largely geometric. At the same time, the font features friendly and open curves. While some grotesks distort their letterforms to force a rigid rhythm, Roboto doesn’t compromise, allowing letters to be settled into their natural width. This makes for a more natural reading rhythm more commonly found in humanist and serif types.
This is the normal family, which can be used alongside the Roboto Condensed family and the Roboto Slab family.
This package also provides Css, Scss and LESS files to use webfonts from this package.
There are three methods to install fonts-roboto-fontface 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-roboto-fontface 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-roboto-fontface using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-roboto-fontface
Install fonts-roboto-fontface Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-roboto-fontface using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-roboto-fontface
Install fonts-roboto-fontface 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-roboto-fontface using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-roboto-fontface
How To Uninstall fonts-roboto-fontface on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-roboto-fontface package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-roboto-fontface
Uninstall fonts-roboto-fontface And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-roboto-fontface and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-roboto-fontface
Remove fonts-roboto-fontface Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-roboto-fontface configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-roboto-fontface
Remove fonts-roboto-fontface configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-roboto-fontface configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-roboto-fontface
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-roboto-fontface package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
