How To Install fonts-senamirmir-washra on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-senamirmir-washra on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-senamirmir-washra
fonts-senamirmir-washra is:
WashRa is, simply, a set of eleven Ethiopic fonts. All of them support the Ethiopic standard included in Unicode 3.0. The fonts are: Ethiopia Jiret, Ethiopic Zelan, Ethiopic WashRa Bold, Ethiopic WashRa SemiBold, Ethiopic Yigezu Bisrat Gothic, Ethiopic Hiwua, Ethiopic Fantuwua, Ethiopic Yebse, Ethiopic Wookianos, Ethiopic Tint, Ethiopic Yigezu Bisrat Goffer.
These fonts were developed by Abass Alamnehe of the Senamirmir Project (http://www.senamirmir.com).
The WashRa fonts are released under the SIL Open Font License and for more information please visit http://scripts.sil.org/OFL.
There are three methods to install fonts-senamirmir-washra 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-senamirmir-washra 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-senamirmir-washra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-senamirmir-washra
Install fonts-senamirmir-washra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-senamirmir-washra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-senamirmir-washra
Install fonts-senamirmir-washra 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-senamirmir-washra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-senamirmir-washra
How To Uninstall fonts-senamirmir-washra on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-senamirmir-washra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-senamirmir-washra
Uninstall fonts-senamirmir-washra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-senamirmir-washra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-senamirmir-washra
Remove fonts-senamirmir-washra Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-senamirmir-washra configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-senamirmir-washra
Remove fonts-senamirmir-washra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-senamirmir-washra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-senamirmir-washra
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-senamirmir-washra package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
