How To Install fonts-sil-dai-banna on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-dai-banna on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-sil-dai-banna
fonts-sil-dai-banna is:
This package provides the Dai Banna SIL fonts which are a Unicode rendering of the New Tai Lue (Xishuangbanna Dai) script. Version 2.000 is the first Unicode release. (Version 1.0 was released under the name of ‘SIL Dai Banna’ in legacy encoding.) Two font families, differing only in weight, allow for a wide range of uses.
The New Tai Lue script is used by approximately 300,000 people who speak the Xishuangbanna Dai language in Yunnan, China. It is a simplification of the Tai Tham (Old Tai Lue) script as used for this language for hundreds of years.
The Dai Banna SIL fonts are smart fonts using a Graphite description. The source package includes the source GDL code for the description. The features of the fonts are:
- complete coverage of the New Tai Lue script
- Graphite smarts for re-ordrant vowels and line-breaking
Extended Font sources (Graphite .gdl and FontLab .vfb) are available in the source package and on the project website.
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-dai-banna 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-sil-dai-banna 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-sil-dai-banna using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-dai-banna
Install fonts-sil-dai-banna Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-dai-banna using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-dai-banna
Install fonts-sil-dai-banna 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-sil-dai-banna using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-dai-banna
How To Uninstall fonts-sil-dai-banna on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-dai-banna package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-dai-banna
Uninstall fonts-sil-dai-banna And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-dai-banna and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sil-dai-banna
Remove fonts-sil-dai-banna Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-dai-banna configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-dai-banna
Remove fonts-sil-dai-banna configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-dai-banna configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-dai-banna
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-dai-banna package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
