How To Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs is:
The Shimenkan family of fonts supports the broad variety of writing systems that use the Miao (Pollard) script.
The Latin glyphs are based on the OFL-licensed Source Sans Pro fonts (https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans-pro). The Miao glyphs are designed to harmonize with the Latin, but remain true to the unique characteristics of Miao writing systems. The project is inspired by, but not based on, the Miao Unicode project (https://github.com/phjamr/MiaoUnicode).
The full font sources are publicly available at https://github.com/silnrsi/font-shimenkan An open workflow is used for building, testing and releasing.
This package provides fonts customized for Sinicized Miao / Waishu Miao / Hmong Shua [hmz]
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-shimenkan-mgs 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-shimenkan-mgs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs 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-shimenkan-mgs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
How To Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-mgs
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.