How To Install fonts-rufscript on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-rufscript on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-rufscript
fonts-rufscript is:
Rufscript is a handwriting-based Unicode font containing basic Latin characters and is created using only FOSS tools (Fontforge - Inkscape - GIMP).
There are three methods to install fonts-rufscript 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-rufscript 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-rufscript using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-rufscript
Install fonts-rufscript Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-rufscript using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-rufscript
Install fonts-rufscript 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-rufscript using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-rufscript
How To Uninstall fonts-rufscript on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-rufscript package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-rufscript
Uninstall fonts-rufscript And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-rufscript and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-rufscript
Remove fonts-rufscript Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-rufscript configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-rufscript
Remove fonts-rufscript configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-rufscript configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-rufscript
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-rufscript package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.