How To Install fonts-sil-harmattan on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-harmattan on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-sil-harmattan
fonts-sil-harmattan is:
Harmattan, named after the trade winds that blow during the winter in West Africa, is designed in a Warsh style to suit the needs of languages using the Arabic script in West Africa.
Harmattan does not cover the full Unicode Arabic repertoire. It only supports characters known to be used by languages in West Africa.
Harmattan makes use of state-of-the-art font technologies to support complex typographic issues. Font smarts are implemented using OpenType and Graphite technologies.
Harmattan provides a simplified rendering of Arabic script, using basic connecting glyphs but not including a wide variety of additional ligatures or contextual alternates (only the required lam-alef ligatures). This simplified style is often preferred for clarity, especially in non-Arabic languages, but may be considered unattractive in more traditional and literate communities.
Webfont versions and HTML/CSS examples are also available.
The full font sources are publicly available at https://github.com/silnrsi/font-awami An open workflow is used for building, testing and releasing.
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-harmattan 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-harmattan 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-harmattan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-harmattan
Install fonts-sil-harmattan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-harmattan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-harmattan
Install fonts-sil-harmattan 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-harmattan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-harmattan
How To Uninstall fonts-sil-harmattan on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-harmattan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-harmattan
Uninstall fonts-sil-harmattan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-harmattan 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-harmattan
Remove fonts-sil-harmattan Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-harmattan configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-harmattan
Remove fonts-sil-harmattan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-harmattan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-harmattan
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-harmattan package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
