How To Install fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria
fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria is:
This alphabet is built around a sampling of the markings on livestock (especially camels) within the Zaghawa Beria language region of western Sudan and eastern Chad. It is an idea that has its origins in the work of a Sudanese schoolteacher, who developed the first version of this over 25 years ago. The script has since been better adapted to the Zaghawa Beria language by Siddik Adam Issa, and he has found a great enthusiasm by the people for what he has put together.
Note that this font is not encoded according to The Unicode Standard, as the Zaghawa Beria script has not yet been accepted into the standard.
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria 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-zaghawa-beria 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-zaghawa-beria using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria
Install fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria
Install fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria 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-zaghawa-beria using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria
How To Uninstall fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria
Uninstall fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria 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-zaghawa-beria
Remove fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria
Remove fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-zaghawa-beria package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
